United States Healthcare Reform: A Comprehensive Review of the Issues and an Argument for the Public Option
| dc.contributor.author | Jodice, Kaleigh Alexandra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-29T22:03:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-29T22:03:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | 80 pages | |
| dc.description.abstract | The United States’ healthcare system is riddled with inefficiencies like unsustainable cost growth, poor coverage rates and poor health outcomes despite being one of the most expensive systems in the world. Because of this, healthcare reform is at the center of current political discourse and is one of the most important issues affecting American voters. This paper will review healthcare issues affecting the United States such as unregulated private insurance costs, changing enrollment patterns in public programs and low coverage rates for low-income populations, among others, and analyze how future healthcare reform policies can efficiently address these issues. Additionally, this paper will analyze the successes and shortcomings of healthcare reform policies previously introduced such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Finally, this paper concludes that introducing a publicly available, cost-controlled and nationally run healthcare option called the public option into the healthcare system can best address reform goals like containing costs, improving coverage rates and advancing positive health outcomes. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/25763 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
| dc.subject | Healthcare | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public Health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Healthcare Reform | en_US |
| dc.subject | Policy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Healthcare Policy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Policy Analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | United States | en_US |
| dc.subject | Inside Out 201803-32546 | en_US |
| dc.title | United States Healthcare Reform: A Comprehensive Review of the Issues and an Argument for the Public Option | |
| dc.type | Thesis/Dissertation |