US WHITE COLLAR JOBS

US White Collar Jobs Off-Shore and Healthcare

US White Collar Jobs Off-Shore and Healthcare

Summary 1: Globalization of Health Care

Globalization interacts with health in several areas. Globalization directly affects economic outcomes, such as the level of income per capita that may affect health outcomes, while health may affect the level or pattern of economic activities across countries. The dissemination of health-related know-how and internationally coordinated public health measures contribute to raising health standards globally. Increased movement of goods or people, however, also creates health risks arising from the dissemination of diseases or contaminated products.

Countries having national healthcare would feel that since the government already controls the medical industry, issues related to the outsourcing of medical work is out of their hands. Countries having private health care such as the United States may believe that the government has a certain responsibility to protect its citizens, and that the issue of outsourcing of medical procedures may fall into this realm of protection. In either case, it would appear that restrictions to limit the practice would almost certainly raise costs further (David and Sevilla, 2004).

With a basic universal health care established in the United States, more people would be able to have access to care. At the present state, those who were not approved for Medicaid or Medicare and do not have private healthcare can barely afford to go to a doctor's visit and generally just don't go at all. This is not only unhealthy but also sad because people should not have to put their medical needs aside because they simply cannot afford to go. The Universal health care system would allow for more people to have access to care but they just may have to wait longer to see a doctor and the quality of care may also diminish a ...