Health reform's journey isn't over quite yet by “Ben Pershing”

President Obama is committed to working with Congress to pass comprehensive health reform in his first year in order to control rising health care costs, guarantee choice of doctor, and assure high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Health reform will make health care more affordable, make health insurers more accountable, expand health coverage to all Americans, and make the health system sustainable, stabilizing family budgets, the Federal budget, and the economy. Therefore it is necessary to come up with a solution, so that the Healthcare program remains intact. The most favourable solution for these problems is for the national government to alleviate the out-of-pocket costs (such as the costs for drugs) of the beneficiaries by funding the Healthcare program through the use of the national budget surplus. As of now, funding for Healthcare has been provided through payroll taxes and social security taxes paid by enrolled members and their employers, and also through general revenues provided by the government.

The second article I have read was “Patients' Rights after Health Care Reform: Who Decides What Is Medically Necessary?” by Mariner, W.K. The US political debates have focused on resolving conflicts over Healthcare Reforms. Budgetary limitations have spurred a debate over the financing issues of the Health Care Reforms. The debate on the financing issues of Health care Reforms has also gained attention in the United Kingdom. The recent changes in healthcare policies of the US can be considered as one of the primary factors, which have created concerns among the British healthcare professionals. At present, the British healthcare system (the National Health Service program) provides healthcare services to its senior citizens but the budgetary issues are causing limitations to the effectiveness of the program. After 50 years of the launch of this program, it faces similar changes as the US healthcare system is facing. The main issues in health care reforms are about quality, cost and the management of the implementing these reforms (Mariner, 146). Obviously, if the budget surplus were to decrease or remain stagnant over this time, it would be very costly to maintain Healthcare under this proposal, but due to the budget's optimistic (to say the least) outlook, the proposal is very sensible and effective. Perhaps the only other alternative to Healthcare itself would be for the government to adopt a centralized form of healthcare, similar to the one employed in Canada. In that program, every citizen would be entitled to the same benefits in spite of age, disability, or unemployment.

On the other hand, people receiving treatment had no qualms about seeing several doctors. Because they were only required to pay a minimal amount for treatment, they hopped from doctor to doctor receiving multiple treatments, while continuing to flock to the large hospitals.

The third article I have read is “Competing solutions - American health care proposals and international experience” by White J. “some Americans believe that the United States is unique and that it therefore cannot learn from other ...