U.s. Public Health Care - 2452 Words

U.S. Two major reasons why the U.S. has the highest health care expenditures are substantially higher prices and more fragmented health care delivery that leads to extensive use of medical resources. Insured and high-income Americans, however, have more problems with health care services such as not getting regular medical treatments than the insured in other OECD countries. It reflects the lack of comprehensive health insurance coverage and higher out-of-pocket costs for care of the insured. Fragmented coverage in health care plans also does not support coordinated care in-network including the sharing of information among health professionals and insurance providers. A more effective health care system and management in primary†¦show more content†¦DRG hospital payment system, however, shows that economic incentives alone will not increase the efficiency of hospital managed care. Reimbursement of the comprehensive care and payment for physicians and insurance providers hav e been restructured by payers and supported by the U.S. government. Funding for different revenue sources through economic incentives shows fiscal responsibility in the U.S. under the ACA. UK The United Kingdom has taken a universal coverage with no bills for service, meaning no fee at all. The government pays each patient’s fees through taxes. It is cost-efficient, providing better quality of healthcare to everybody with a single national system called ‘Beveridge - Bevan system’, the British National Health Service. Citizens’ satisfaction increases since there is no fee at service, but the government charges for prescriptions in a queue or the waiting list. Through this free nationalized health care system, patients assess health care procedures after the problem is treated as well as the patient’s general state of health afterwards. The National Health Service (NHS) collects the data of Patient Recorded Outcomes Measures (PROMs) while helping doctors to better understand the impact of their interventions, and redefining health as satisfaction for well-being rather than clinical measures (EMT, 6). The NHS utilizes socialized medici ne in which the government owns