USA proportional contribution to premature death in 2007 are?
Behavioral Patterns
Social circumstances
Health Care
Genetic Composition
Environmental exposure
All the above
The need to reform depends on several factors: Access to Care, Healthcare as a right, Demand vs need, Cost efficiency of the U.S. healthcare system, Quality of Care, Financing issues, and "gaming" the system.
Healthcare spending in the US as a percent of total spending is
28%
21%
16%
17%
Number Uninsured and Uninsured Rate: 1987 to 2012 is? (“Access and Right” - total 48 million people) (now at 13% in 2015)
16.5%
15.4%
17.1%
14.2%
The majority of the uninsured are the poor, minority, and immigrants (non-citizens). (powerpoint slide 10)
Uninsured - Female household (no husband present) are about twice as likely to be poor
The biggest factor or reason for not having health insurance is
cost
lost job or change in employment
medicaid befits stopped
Ineligible due to age or left school
All the following acts contributed to the federal reform efforts except:
Kerr-Mills Act (1960)
Medicare & Medicaid (1965)
HMO Act (1973)
COBRA continuation coverage (1985)
HIPAA (1996)
SCHIP (1997)
MMA (2003)
All are a part of the federal reform efforts
The 2010 Healthcare Reform included two laws except for
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
