Stakeholders Dynamics



Stakeholders Dynamics

Introduction

The main issue that is described in this case study is the impact of uninsured is great for many of the stakeholders that are involved. The main problem here is that there doesn't seem to be a solution anytime soon. Unemployment continues to be a major concern and without a job insurance is not very probable (Iglehart, 2010).

Discussion

There are many companies and organizations that can't even afford to provide health insurance to their employees. Mostly in this case would be small business owners or business having a difficult time staying afloat economically. What we see presented in this case study is that if many of those who were out of work due to being sick or injured and uninsured would have spent less days out of work if they had insurance. Insurance would have covered for them to have medication and proper medical care so that they could return to work faster and be healthier more often by being able to have regular check-ups (Iglehart, 2007).

Recession-era unemployment rates have accelerated this process, but some of the problem is simply because employers are no longer offering benefits. Bosses are replacing full-time, insured employees with part-time, hourly employees across virtually all employment sectors. Growing areas of the economy, like the service sector, seldom provide benefits. This all underlines how nonsensical our health care system really is: Why are we depending on our employers to provide health insurance in the first place?

The technical answer is a series of 1950s decisions relating to employers' tax exemptions, all of which lacked foresight, but the philosophical question remains.

Not only is it abnormal—dozens of countries have figured out how to insure their populations without getting employers involved—it's also discriminatory. Even in a healthy economic climate, some portion of the population will be unemployed, and thus very likely uninsured. ...