Healthcare Program Planning: Challenges and Analysis

This report examines the challenges encountered in healthcare program planning, focusing on the impact of various policies and their implications for the US healthcare system. The report analyzes several key policies, including the Ker-Millers Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and Medicare, as well as the American Healthcare Act of 2017, to understand their effects on healthcare costs, insurance coverage, and the overall health of the population. The report also highlights the rising costs of premiums and the challenges faced by individuals and the healthcare system as a whole. By analyzing these challenges, the report aims to provide insights into the complexities of healthcare program planning and its impact on the accessibility and affordability of healthcare services in the United States. The report also includes references to various academic sources to support the analysis and provide a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.

Running Head: PROGRAM PLANNING
PROGRAM PLANNING
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Year Program Challenges Agree or Disagree
1960 Ker-Millers Act that
helps in providing the
state to provide the
funds to assist the
patients
Subsidize private
coverage by providing
social
security(Lorenzoni,
Belloni&Sassi, 2014)
Disagree with the
program as it reduces
the chances of the
patients to receive the
benefits of healthcare
1976 Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act that
offers insurance to the
individuals who are
unable to get the
benefits of the insurance
Purchasing insurance
policies at higher
premium
Agree with the
challenges as the normal
individuals have to pay
high deductibles
(Sommers,
Gawande&Baicker,
2017)
2006 Healthcare reform
decrease the number of
the uninsured people
This decreased the
number of the people
who were earlier not
under the policy
coverage
Agree with the
challenges as the
number of the insurance
receiver was very high
prior to this policy
2007 Private offers such as
HMO’s, PPO’s,
Medical, SCHIP
Insurers used to pay
only a part of the
premium (Sommers,
Gawande&Baicker,
2017)
Agree with the
challenges as the
individuals were
benefitted with the
policy as they have to
give a part of the
premium (Lorenzoni,
Belloni&Sassi, 2014)
2011 Medicare that provides
health insurance to
people over 65
The rise in cost of the
premium policies
Agree with the
challenges as the policy
helped growth of the
GDP rather than
focusing on the health of
the patients (Sommers,
Gawande & Baicker,
2017)
2017 American Healthcare
Act 2017 which is also
known as the trump care
high cost and increased
number of policies has
affected the
implementation of the
American healthcare Act
2017.
agree with the
challenges as the
healthcare system of
USA is suffering from
critical challenges
(Joseph & Marrow,
2017).

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References
Joseph, T. D., & Marrow, H. B. (2017). Health care, immigrants, and minorities: lessons from
the affordable care act in the US.
Lorenzoni, L., Belloni, A., &Sassi, F. (2014). Health-care expenditure and health policy in
the USA versus other high-spending OECD countries. The Lancet, 384(9937), 83-92.
Sommers, B. D., Gawande, A. A., &Baicker, K. (2017). Health insurance coverage and
health—what the recent evidence tells us.