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Health Reform in the 21st Century: Expanding Coverage, Improving Quality and Controlling Costs, Serial No. 111-5, March 11, 2009, 111-1 Hearing, *.
Author: Health Reform in the 21st Century
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Health Reform in the 21st Century: Reforming the Health Care Delivery System, Serial No. 111-13, April 1, 2009, 111-1 Hearing, *
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Health Reform in the 21st Century: Insurance Market Reforms, Serial 111-14, April 22, 2009, 111-1 Hearing, *
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
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Health Care Reform
Author: Bernadette FernandezPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437923410
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Health care reform is a major issue in the 111th Congress, driven by growing concern about millions of people without insur. coverage, continual increases in cost and spending, and quality shortcomings. More than 45 million people have no insur., which can limit their access to care and ability to pay for the care they receive. The U.S. spends more than 17% of gross domestic product on health care services and products. But, the country scores only average or somewhat worse on many indicators of health care quality. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Three Predominant Concerns: Coverage; Cost and Spending; Quality; (3) Legis. Issues: Scope of Reform; Public or Private Insur.; Employ.-Based Insur.; Role of States; (4) Cost of Reform. Illus.
Report on the Activities of the Committee on Ways and Means During the ... Congress
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care
Author: Douglas W. ElmendorfPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437913865
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Testimony on the opportunities and challenges that the Congress faces in pursuing two major policy goals: (1) expanding health insurance coverage, so that more Americans receive appropriate health care without undue financial burden; and (2) making the health care system more efficient, so that it can continue to improve Americans¿ health but at a lower cost in both the public and private sectors. Both are complex endeavors in their own right, and interactions and trade-offs between them may arise.
Assessing Health Care Reform
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309049261
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
This book establishes a framework for assessing health care reform proposals and their implementation. It helps clarify objectives, identifies issues to be addressed in proposals, distinguishes between short- and long-term expectations and achievements, and directs attention to important but sometimes neglected questions about the organization and provision of health care services. In addition, the volume presents a discussion and analysis of issues essential to achieving fundamental goals of health care reform: to maintain and improve health and well-being, to make basic health coverage universal, and to encourage the efficient use of limited resources. The book is a useful resource for anyone developing or assessing options for reform.
The Healthcare Imperative
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309186838
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 853
Book Description
The United States has the highest per capita spending on health care of any industrialized nation but continually lags behind other nations in health care outcomes including life expectancy and infant mortality. National health expenditures are projected to exceed $2.5 trillion in 2009. Given healthcare's direct impact on the economy, there is a critical need to control health care spending. According to The Health Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes, the costs of health care have strained the federal budget, and negatively affected state governments, the private sector and individuals. Healthcare expenditures have restricted the ability of state and local governments to fund other priorities and have contributed to slowing growth in wages and jobs in the private sector. Moreover, the number of uninsured has risen from 45.7 million in 2007 to 46.3 million in 2008. The Health Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes identifies a number of factors driving expenditure growth including scientific uncertainty, perverse economic and practice incentives, system fragmentation, lack of patient involvement, and under-investment in population health. Experts discussed key levers for catalyzing transformation of the delivery system. A few included streamlined health insurance regulation, administrative simplification and clarification and quality and consistency in treatment. The book is an excellent guide for policymakers at all levels of government, as well as private sector healthcare workers.
Hearing Health Care for Adults
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309439264
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The loss of hearing - be it gradual or acute, mild or severe, present since birth or acquired in older age - can have significant effects on one's communication abilities, quality of life, social participation, and health. Despite this, many people with hearing loss do not seek or receive hearing health care. The reasons are numerous, complex, and often interconnected. For some, hearing health care is not affordable. For others, the appropriate services are difficult to access, or individuals do not know how or where to access them. Others may not want to deal with the stigma that they and society may associate with needing hearing health care and obtaining that care. Still others do not recognize they need hearing health care, as hearing loss is an invisible health condition that often worsens gradually over time. In the United States, an estimated 30 million individuals (12.7 percent of Americans ages 12 years or older) have hearing loss. Globally, hearing loss has been identified as the fifth leading cause of years lived with disability. Successful hearing health care enables individuals with hearing loss to have the freedom to communicate in their environments in ways that are culturally appropriate and that preserve their dignity and function. Hearing Health Care for Adults focuses on improving the accessibility and affordability of hearing health care for adults of all ages. This study examines the hearing health care system, with a focus on non-surgical technologies and services, and offers recommendations for improving access to, the affordability of, and the quality of hearing health care for adults of all ages.