Assignment on Nursing Science
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Running head: NURSING SCIENCENursing ScienceName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
NURSING SCIENCEHealthcare utilization and financing is different in different states(Unger, 2012). Thefollowing report aims to perform a comparative study between the healthcare financing ofAmerica and Great Britain. The report will mainly focus on the access to health care systemin America and Great Britain and financial implications of the health care delivery. Access of healthcare system in USAccording to Manos et al. (2016), over the past 25 years there has been dramaticincrease of Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In 2010, CHIPand Medicaid together covered half of the total population of children in US under the age of19. According to National Health Survey (2016), Medicaid or CHIP coverage is more likelyto have a normal source of medical care in comparison to the privately insured children.Children with Medicaid and CHIP are more likely to visit a mental health professionals orgeneral physicians for behavioral problems in comparison to privately insured counterparts.However, Medicaid or CHIP coverage is less advantageous when it comes to spottingphysicians who accepts their health insurance (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and AccessCommission, 2016). According to the reports published by the Centre of Disease Control and Prevention(2012), unemployment rate is US highest during 2010 (9.6%), a condition not experiencedsince 1983. Unemployment affects the comprehensive access to health care services due tothe significant loss of employer-sponsored health insurance along with lack of stable monthlyincome. In United States, unemployed group of population is eligible to avail an affordablehealth insurance plan via the Marketplace based on the savings of their family income andoverall size of the households. They also qualify for the free or low-cost coverage via theMedicaid and CHIP (Health Care Gov, 2018).
NURSING SCIENCEIn the domain of retired employees, it can be said that a vast majority of retired full-time employees aged between 55 to 64 years received their health benefits via theirworkplace. The majority of the early retirees enjoy employer’s health benefits along withspousal coverage. There are no reported cases that the employer coverage has been refusedamong the retired workers in America for the past 10 years (Drucker, 2013).Access of healthcare system in Great BritainAccording to Wolfe et al. (2016), the health of a child in Great Britain has improvedsignificantly over the past few decades but at the same time has failed to live up to theexpectations of the considerable gain in health and subsequent reductions in the rate ofachieved mortality by other countries in Europe. Child inequalities and poverty are increasingin Great Britain. The National Health Service (NHS), which is funded by taxation, is free atthe point of use and is undergoing substantial reforms. This reforms is aiming towards theimprovement in care quality, care experience, cost along with meeting the rising demand ofhealth care. However, the quality of care for children is the domain of long-term and chronicdisease is decreasing. Among these worsening conditions, key achievements includeequitable care and accessibility. NHS offers free service for all the residents in UK including the professionals of thearmed forces who are retired or based abroad. The citizens of Great Britain who stay outsideof UK are subject to certain charges irrespective of whether they have paid NationalInsurance contributions. This service is funded from the compulsory taxation given by theemployees directly through their salaries and at the same time supplemented via obligatorycontributions from the employers. The onus is over the employer to deduct the contributionsfrom wages of the employees. The members of the dependent family and vulnerable group ofpopulation like unemployed people are exempted from this contribution (Europe CitiesHealth Care, 2018).
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