HEALTHCARE

Need for ongoing care in US

Need for ongoing care in US

Poverty is a term a word that is differential and categorized by cultures on a wider aspect than just the dictionary meaning the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor.

According to the Census Bureau of 2011 it shows they white population has a percentage of 7.8 percent of poverty among their race while blacks are struggling at an astounding poverty rate at 28.6 percent.

During 1959 poverty percentage was 55 percent, which can only be contribute to the racism and non-equal rights that were among the African American community. Individual patients suffering from destitution and indigence are not receiving the medical care as patients who have comparable access to physicians, health care facilities and daily to monthly health care follow ups. Poverty makes the undeserved population unable to afford the medication they need to have a healthy life style. 2013 mark the beginning of 15 states who were awarded 1 million in federal grants to make improvements. Health care needs can be better served by utilizing managed care.

The federal health care reform law created new offices to coordinate care between Medicaid and Medicare and help states identify ways to curb costs. U.S. Health care has been a downward spiral for the indigent population. The underserved populations are challenged with lack of psychological, social and physical needs. The category of the underserved consists of uninsured children, homeless, minorities, the mentally challenged and the disabled. Those who live in rural areas are also bombarded with issues as they search for health care. Poverty in the rural areas consists for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons would be the non accessibility to have a good healthcare facility in those regions.

In the US, about 36.9 million according to the 2009 statistics consists of the older population, people who are about 65 or above years of age. This represents 12.9 percent of the overall US population, and in other words, about one in every eight Americans. And there are further forecasting that by 2030, the population of the older people in the US would become 72.1 million people, which is more than twice the statistics in the year 2000. The elderly population of US at the moment is growing at a moderate rate, but for not too far in the future, as ...