Improving Healthcare Accessibility for Low-Income Groups in the US

This proposal aims to improve healthcare accessibility for low-income groups in the US by providing quality and affordable healthcare services and improvising the infrastructure across healthcare organizations. The proposed solution would effectively help in making the healthcare facilities accessible to the major proportion of the population belonging to the lower income group.

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Response 1:
In context of the social health determinants of the US population, it can be said that
the economic security plays a major role. According to the recent trends of the US population
data gathered from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, it has been
revealed that low-income groups form about 10.4 millionth part of the total U.S population
(World Bank Group, 2014). It has also been figured out that the income-gap between the low
income and high income families is widening annually (Decker et al., 2013). The economic
disparity is serving as a major barrier in terms of accessing health care facilities. There is an
increasing need to make health care facilities available at an affordable cost so as to ensure
fair accessibility of medical and health related benefits.
Response 2:
Description of the problem:
Financial insecurity serves as a major barrier in making healthcare facilities accessible
to all the groups of the population (Syed, Gerber & Sharp, 2013). A major proportion of the
population has been reported to suffer on account of higher medical costs, poor medical
infrastructure and poor quality services. Also, a high rate of mortality has been witnessed in
the overall US population on account of poor access to health care owing to the poor
economic background.
Proposed Solution:
According to Sommers et al. (2013) provision of quality and affordable health care
services must be designed in relation to economic background of the clients so as to promote
health on a large scale. The solution to the problem would constitute improvising the

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infrastructure across health care organization with increased staffing and feasible chronic
illness management programs. Providing effective training to professionals so as to facilitate
proper provision to a number of clients within a stipulated period of time. Also, improvisation
of infrastructure in terms of increasing beds in hospital and providing other essential facilities
such as transport services, low cost dispensary and affordable canteen so as to render quality
services to the target population belonging to the lower economic group.
Discussion:
The proposed solution would effectively help in making the health care facilities
accessible to the major proportion of the population belonging to the lower income group. In
addition to this it would also help in drawing the attention of the local government board so
as to formulate effective policies and dispense funds in order to improvise the existing
infrastructure across health care organizations. In addition to this, it would also help in
providing quality services to the target population and reducing the morbidity and mortality
rate owing to poor access to health care by a significant percentage.
Expected Outcome:
The project outcomes would be based upon three categories that include the fulfilment
of short term, medium and long term goals. It can be expected that the successful
implementation of the proposed project would help in attaining positive patient outcomes. It
would further help in revolutionising the health care sector by reformulating existing health
care policies to meet the health care needs of the marginalised population belonging to the
lower income group

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References:
Decker, S. L., Kostova, D., Kenney, G. M., & Long, S. K. (2013). Health status, risk factors,
and medical conditions among persons enrolled in Medicaid vs uninsured low-income
adults potentially eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care
Act. Jama, 309(24), 2579-2586.
Sommers, B. D., Gunja, M. Z., Finegold, K., & Musco, T. (2015). Changes in self-reported
insurance coverage, access to care, and health under the Affordable Care
Act. Jama, 314(4), 366-374.
Syed, S. T., Gerber, B. S., & Sharp, L. K. (2013). Traveling towards disease: transportation
barriers to health care access. Journal of community health, 38(5), 976-993.
World Bank Group. (2014). World development indicators 2014. World Bank Publications.