HEALTH CARE POLICY

US economic effects on Health care Policy

US economic effects on Health care Policy

Introduction

The performance of health is heavily dependent on the economy, but also health systems themselves. On the other hand it is also said that US economy also affects health care reforms. We must not underestimate this link. Investing in health is not only desirable, it is especially critical in most companies (Friedman, 1980). That said, our health systems are faced with difficult and complex issues of fact, including new pressures exerted by the aging population, the development of chronic diseases and intensive use of expensive medical technology but vital. The United States is the most powerful economic world if we do not classify the European Union which is in effect before. With a gross domestic product (GDP) of 14 266 billion in 2009, representing about one fifth of global GDP. The California if it were independent would be the eighth largest economy.

Discussion

We need to meet the needs of increasingly large citizens and attempt to resolve the inequalities that affect different population groups in access to services and health care. It is therefore not surprising that the question of measures to ensure the financial sustainability of health systems, while contributing positively to macroeconomic performance, is now one of the major challenges policymakers. Much of the work in the OECD project on health aimed just that: give these politicians data enabling them to improve efficiency in the health sector while ensuring the universality access and equity, as well as raising the quality of care. We learned a lot, although we have yet to discover. Already, the need to design policies for health financing and determine the corresponding investments taking into account the interactions with the economy is an idea that is needed.

In fact, health status (mortality, morbidity, disability) depends not only living standards but also the actual performance of the health system, as well as growth, income, investment and employment are the influence of several factors: performance and quality of the economic system, regulatory environment, trade policy, capital, labor, etc. Analyze some of these interactions. Performance in health and economic performance are interdependent. Such as poverty - and with it including, malnutrition and mortality - reduced life expectancy, people in rich countries have better health than poor countries. And indeed, the national income directly influences the development of health systems, particularly through the insurance system and public spending. While national income primarily determines the level of health spending in recent increases, however, at a higher rate, a fact highlighted in the work of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health of the World Health Organization (WHO), a group of 167 countries. The institutional framework is another element which we know the importance. Take the example of tobacco (Harrison, 2000). Due to budget systems effective, OECD countries have benefited from higher tobacco taxes, to strengthen other public health measures such as restrictions on smoking in public places. Some countries go so far in this ...