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National Health Insurance for the United States
Title
National Health Insurance for the United States.
Creator
Boyd, Thomas J., Florida Atlantic University, Moor, R. Carl
Abstract/Description
The thesis treats national health insurance (NHI) as an economic problem with considerable social and political overtones and examines the unique problem-solving styles that have led to the development of national health schemes in England, Canada, Australia and Sweden. Policy options available to the Congress that will shape the final form of NHI are also studied. It is concluded that access to quality health care, as the "right" of every American, and the runaway cost of health care in the...
Show moreThe thesis treats national health insurance (NHI) as an economic problem with considerable social and political overtones and examines the unique problem-solving styles that have led to the development of national health schemes in England, Canada, Australia and Sweden. Policy options available to the Congress that will shape the final form of NHI are also studied. It is concluded that access to quality health care, as the "right" of every American, and the runaway cost of health care in the 1970's have combined to create an economic "crisis" and the socio-political milieu that will lead to the enactment of national health insurance in the United States on an incremental basis beginning in 1976.
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Date Issued
1976
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13766
Subject Headings
Medicare, Health insurance--United States
Format
Document (PDF)
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTHCARE NEEDS ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSURANCE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Title
THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTHCARE NEEDS ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSURANCE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY.
Creator
Reaves, Régine Placide, Chiang-Hanisko, Lenny, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description
Due to recent advances in medical technology, the number of children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN) is steadily growing in the United States. CSHCN comprise more than 40% of overall healthcare costs nationwide, even though this group is only comprised of 16% of the U.S. child population. There are significant differences between private and public health plans in terms of cost, adequacy, and parent satisfaction. As an added benefit, some public and private health insurance plans offer...
Show moreDue to recent advances in medical technology, the number of children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN) is steadily growing in the United States. CSHCN comprise more than 40% of overall healthcare costs nationwide, even though this group is only comprised of 16% of the U.S. child population. There are significant differences between private and public health plans in terms of cost, adequacy, and parent satisfaction. As an added benefit, some public and private health insurance plans offer nursing care coordination (or nursing case management) services. The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of parents of CSHCN enrolled in public and private insurance with or without a nurse care coordinator assigned. A phenomenological approach was used. One-to-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 participants. Colaizzi’s (1978) eight steps of data analysis was the selected methodological interpretation. Five themes emerged from this study: Struggle with Self-Preservation, Abandonment and Isolation, Self-Reliance and Advocate, Interdependence, and Lifeline. These study findings highlighted the major differences with parents navigating their child’s health insurance. These differences were dependent on the type of insurance and sources of support available. The experience of parents with a nurse care coordinator differed from parents without a nurse. Parents of CSHCN enrolled in public insurance with a nurse care coordinator considered the nurse to be a primary source of support. These nurses were instrumental in solving problems with the public health plan. On the contrary, parents with CSHCN enrolled in private insurance without a nurse care coordinator carried this additional burden. There were also noticeable differences in parents’ satisfaction with the adequacy and cost of their child’s health insurance. Parents of CSHCN enrolled in private insurance voiced dissatisfaction with higher costs associated with their child’s plan. Meanwhile, parents of CSHCN enrolled in Medicaid expressed that out-of-pocket expenses were covered. Results from this study can be used to make policy changes by insurance companies. Incorporating nursing care coordination not only results in healthcare savings for the health plan but improved health outcomes for its members as well.
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Date Issued
2020
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013582
Subject Headings
Health insurance, Phenomenology--Research, Parents of children with disabilities
Format
Document (PDF)
Opportunity for private enterprise or, Benefits for business through cooperative group insurance
Title
Opportunity for private enterprise or, Benefits for business through cooperative group insurance.
Creator
National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service.
Date Issued
1944
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3091377
Subject Headings
Insurance -- economics -- United States., Insurance -- history -- United States., Insurance Benefits -- history -- United States., Insurance, Health -- history -- United States., Insurance, Health -- economics -- United States., Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- economics -- United States., Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- history -- United States., Insurance, Health -- United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
philosophical analysis of America's transformation to universal health care
Title
A philosophical analysis of America's transformation to universal health care: implications for responsibility and justice.
Creator
Mantoni, Jennifer Lynn., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy
Abstract/Description
Human beings have two apparently conflicting fundamental rights. On the one hand, individuals have a right to health care as the United Nations declared in 1948. On the other hand, individuals have a right to liberty; that is, the freedom to make one's own health related choices, even poor ones. One goal of this essay is to show how to reconcile these two apparently conflicting core American values. This reconciliation is important, because a universal health care system that is fair and just...
Show moreHuman beings have two apparently conflicting fundamental rights. On the one hand, individuals have a right to health care as the United Nations declared in 1948. On the other hand, individuals have a right to liberty; that is, the freedom to make one's own health related choices, even poor ones. One goal of this essay is to show how to reconcile these two apparently conflicting core American values. This reconciliation is important, because a universal health care system that is fair and just must account for individual rights in tandem with attempts to address matters of social justice. In order for this reconciliation to occur, matters of individual responsibility, social responsibility, and social justice must be central to health care reform.
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Date Issued
2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3171680
Subject Headings
Health care reform, Health services accessibility, Insurance, Health, Government policy, Political science, Philosophy, Health care rationing, Moral and ethical aspects, Social justice, Responsibility
Format
Document (PDF)