A Review of Data on the U.S. Health Sector Fall 2004

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Hellander
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
The U.S

This report presents information on the state of the U.S. health sector in late 2004. It includes data on the uninsured and underinsured and their access to health care, underinsurance for long-term care and mental health, and the rising costs of health insurance and health care. The author presents data on the increasing social inequalities in health and access to health care; the role of corporate money in health and health care; and the hospital and pharmaceutical industries. The article also includes updates on the consequences of the Medicare prescription drug bill and the state of Medicare spending, and seniors' spending, on drugs; the results of some recent public opinion polls on health care; information on labor, labor unions, and health insurance; and some international comparisons of health insurance. The article concludes with some useful sources of information on single-payer, universal health care.

scholarly journals PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF MEDICAL COVERAGE IN MOROCCO

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
pp. 1039-1055
Author(s):  
Kaoutar Chiheb ◽  
◽  
Mohamed Sbihi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Basic Health Insurance ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Starting Point

For equal access to health care and to allow citizens greater access to the health system, Law 65-00 relating to Basic Health Insurance (BHI) was created in Morocco in 2005. The development of this law marks the starting point for all optimized actions with measurable objectives in the health sector. Even if this law has evolved gradually to try to generalize medical coverage, but it currently remains obsolete, because fifteen years after its implementation, it has not allowed the universalization of medical coverage to all citizens. However, further reform is called for. Government, institutions and society are under increasing pressure to ensure further reform. The constraints of implementing solid governance, financing, equal access to healthcare services are challenges to be taken up in order to reform the regulations relating to medical coverage in Morocco.

Medicaid Policy Statement

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-136
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Medicaid Program ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Children First ◽  
Poor Children

The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes the achievements of the Medicaid program in improving access to health care services for poor children. Despite recent legislative expansions to extend eligibility to more poor and disabled children and to broaden the scope of preventive and treatment services in all states, several additional program improvements are needed to eliminate the following barriers to access: 1. Federal and state fiscal crises are creating major roadblocks to Medicaid program implementation and expansion. 2. Thousands of poor children will not be eligible for Medicaid until October 1, 2001.1 3. Only a portion of those who are potentially eligible for Medicaid apply for coverage, and many eligible children do not utilize services. 4. Fewer Medicaid funds are available for primary and preventive care because of the increasing need for long-term care services. 5. Early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment (EPSDT)/preventive health services are being received by too few children and the implementation of expanded service coverage under EPSDT, granted in 1989, is subject to a great deal of inconsistent state interpretation. 6. Inadequate provider reimbursement reduces children's access to health care services. The Academy has developed the "Children First" proposal which calls for the elimination of Medicaid and replaces it with a one-class, private insurance system of universal access to health care for all children through age 21 and for all pregnant women.2 However, until the "Children First" proposal, or a similar health care reform initiative is implemented, the Academy recommends the following policy actions to improve the current Medicaid program.

scholarly journals Social inequalities in economic access to health care in Sweden

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Molarius ◽  
B Simonsson ◽  
M Lindén-Boström ◽  
M Kalander-Blomqvist ◽  
I Feldman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Access To Health

Access to health care for people with multiple sclerosis

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.L. Minden ◽  
D. Frankel ◽  
L. Hadden ◽  
D.C. Hoaglin
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Prescription Medication ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Usual Source ◽  
Access To Health

The Sonya Slifka Longitudinal Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Study follows a population-based cohort of approximately 2000 people with MS to study demographic and clinical characteristics, use and cost of health services, provider and treatment characteristics, neurological, economic, and psychosocial outcomes. We examined key indicators of access to health care and found that the majority of participants had health insurance, a usual source of care, and access to specialty care. Nevertheless, 3.8% did not have health insurance which, with application of sampling weights, corresponds to approximately 7000 people with MS in the US population. Even with insurance, population-based estimates indicated that substantial numbers of people with MS have plans that pay nothing toward prescription medication, limit their access to specialists, and restrict their choice of hospitals and providers. Some 9% of the sample, corresponding to 15 800 people with MS, did not have a usual source of MS care; 11.8% or 17 300 people did not have a usual source of general health care; and 31% or 57 400 people did not see the specialists that they or their physicians wanted them to see. Further, 10.5% or 19 400 people reported difficulty obtaining prescription medication, 4.1% or 7600 people encountered obstacles accessing medical care, and 2.4% or 4500 people could not obtain the mental health services they needed. Finally, out-of-pocket health care expenditures were twice those found for the general population. Two-thirds of study participants (representing almost 70 000 people) chose their MS care providers because they were neurologists or MS specialists, creating a demand that almost certainly exceeds current supply. Multiple Sclerosis 2007; 13: 547-558. http://msj.sagepub.com

Inequality in access to health care, health insurance and the role of supply factors

2018 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 134-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meliyanni Johar ◽  
Prastuti Soewondo ◽  
Retno Pujisubekti ◽  
Harsa Kunthara Satrio ◽  
Ardi Adji
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Care Health
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