Public Policy Analysis

Healthcare Affordability and Quality Issue

            Introduction

Without a doubt, American is the leading nation of scientific and medical developments.  However affordable and quality health care provision is an issue that has been raising debates for a significant period.  Most people hold little or zero medical coverage (Barr, 2011). Despite the fact that the United States health care expenses have continuously risen in the recent years a significant number of individuals still, lacks the access to quality health care. America has for several decades been struggling to generate solutions to the issues that faces the healthcare system. In an evaluation of the previous policies, it is this clear that all the healthcare issues are mainly driven by cost.  With the high cost of health care, medical access and quality are affected simultaneously (Barr, 2011).  This, therefore, implies that in order to reshape the health care structure effective affordability and quality coverage’s needs to be incorporated. This paper will, therefore, seek to provide an analysis of cost, affordability, and quality as a health issue and the affordability policy effectiveness in solving the issue.

Healthcare is surrounded by different moral issues that require an adequate solution.  Medical insurance is purposed for the provision of enough financial services in support of individual’s medical needs. However, most individuals lack adequate medical coverage because they are characterized by high costs (Henderson, 2014). The recent affordability act was developed to ensure that everyone is able to acquire quality and affordable care. Despite the fact that the recent policy was developed to ensure that affordable health care is provided to everyone the policy should be able to consider various aspects. Healthcare provision is not mainly based on affordability but also quality (Henderson, 2014).  Despite the fact that the act is aimed at ensuring that individuals are able to access affordable and quality care most persons feel like the coverage will be accompanied by different issues. The paper will seek to investigate the effectiveness of the affordable act in providing solutions to the health issue of affordability and quality.

Research Questions

            This paper will seek to develop answers to the following questions:

• How has the healthcare system been affected by cost?
• Will the developed policy be successful in solving the healthcare issue?
• Does the policy require improvement? How can affordability and quality of healthcare be achieved?

            In completing the assignment I will be reviewing different kinds of literature in regard to health issues and the different strategies that can help in providing solutions.  This will help in analyzing the issue and evaluation the effectiveness of the developed policies.

 

 

 

            References

Barr, D. A. (2011). Introduction to U.S. health policy: The organization, financing, and delivery of health care in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Henderson, J. W. (2014). Health economics and policy.