Nursing & Health-Care-Policy
Analyze the history, structure, and process of health-care-policy and politics in nursing and the health care delivery systems in the United States.
Submission Instructions:
- Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
- You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.)
- All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
- Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.
Answer preview
The United States has a unique and complex healthcare system with multiple participants. There has been an increase in the managed care of organizations (MCOs). Most of the participants in healthcare range from the government, insurers, payers, suppliers, research groups, and health professionals. The Health System in the United States has evolved drastically and significantly, with Medicare and Medicaid being firmly entrenched (Feldstein, 2019). Its structure mainly constitutes insurance, delivery, and financing. Historically, the system transformed from preindustrial, postindustrial, and corporate to healthcare reform.
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