Comprehensive Analysis of the U.S. Healthcare System & Reforms

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the U.S. healthcare system, examining its structure, key stakeholders, and major developments. It identifies revolutionary factors such as the First Marine Hospital, the American Medical Association, and the Civil War, and discusses critical developments in financial, legal, ethical, regulatory, and social aspects. The report also delves into the costs associated with the U.S. healthcare system and offers an international perspective by comparing it with Canada's healthcare system. Furthermore, it evaluates healthcare reforms, recommending the adoption of universal healthcare coverage and a transition to a publicly funded system to improve access and affordability. The report concludes by referencing various sources that support the analysis and recommendations.

U.S Healthcare system
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Part I: The U.S. Healthcare
System

Introduction
U.S Healthcare system consists of both the private and private entities and organizations.

Revolutionary factors
The three revolutionary factors that contributed to the U.S. Healthcare
system are
• First Marine Hospital
• American Medical Association
• Civil War

Major Development
Identification of one major development from the following:
• Financial- market based system.
• Legal- antitrust laws since the year 1970.
• Ethical- Healthcare Ethics Committees and Institutional Review Boards

Major Development
Identification of one major development from the following:
• Regulatory- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), FDA and NIH.
• Social (customer demand)- healthcare product, governmental subsidies and patients are charged lower price, supply of
the healthcare product and services and the degree of availability of the same to the consumers (Andersen, Davidson &
Baumeister, 2014).

Stakeholders and their roles
Stakeholder roles:
• Healthcare professionals- healthcare professionals are the vital part of the healthcare system that provide the majority of
the healthcare services by having a direct channels of communication with clients.
• Clients (patients)- the clients are second in line for whom the healthcare services are formulated (Groves et al., 2013).

Stakeholders and their roles
Stakeholder roles:
• Government- in the healthcare sector, government provide the funds in the setting up of healthcare organizations, legal
agencies.
• Colleges- colleges are the main source of future minds which if harnessed well can be beneficial for the entire system.
• Healthcare agencies- they can be both private and publicly funded with majority of the services provided by the private
players (Busse, Aboneh & Tefera, 2014).

Part II: Cost of U.S.
Healthcare System

The Cost of the U.S. Healthcare System

The Cost of the U.S. Healthcare System

Part III: United States versus
other Healthcare System-
International perspective