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This 10 page paper discusses the very hot political issue of managed care and begins by reporting the number of Americans who have no health insurance. The different aspects of this health care crisis are identified, each of which has become a political issue. The writer notes that health care became a major political issue during President Truman's term of office. Managed care is briefly explained with a more comprehensive discussion of the role of managed care in politics and some of the reasons for the backlash against managed care networks. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Schear, from the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation, said this crisis is: "a health issue, an issue of economics, a political issue--but also a moral issue and ethical issue." (Jones, 2003,
p. 3). Having no health care coverage is one health care crisis; another has to do with the individuals covered by Medicare and Medicaid (Jones, 2003). Of these programs,
Jones commented these folks "are in publicly funded systems threatened by a political ideology that could drastically alter the current system in favor of privatization" (Jones, 2003, p. 3). The
third health care crisis involved those people who have private-health care insurance (Jones, 2003). Both employers and employees "are reeling from rapidly rising premiums" (Jones, 2003). All of these health
care crises are directly related to politics and managed care. Why are costs rising? Because managed care corporations, whether they be insurance companies or investor-owned health care systems, demand higher
profit margins (Jones, 2003). One mitigating factor in the cost issue is the very expensive medical technology that is continually developed to provide better care as well as the expense
of developing new pharmaceuticals and the return this industry wants on their work (Jones, 2003). Health care and politics are not new partners. The relationship dates back to at least
1945 when Harry Truman wanted to "wage war against infirmity" (Jones, 2003, p. 3). President Truman told Congress "We should resolve now that the health of this nation is a
national concern; that financial barriers in the way of attaining health shall be removed; that the health of all its citizens deserves the help of all the nation" (Jones, 2003,
p. 3). Twenty years later President Lyndon Johnson signed the bill that created the Medicare system (Jones, 2003). Although managed care has been around in some form or another since
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