Health Care Reform By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph
The Ideal Health Care System Universal access to high quality health care at a reasonable cost. Universality- High Quality Health Care Reasonable Cost
The Ideal Health Care System Rationing Health Care in the Real World Free Market Distribution Social Distribution Marxism-Socialized Medicine (European) Welfare Liberalism-Medicare, Medicaid Mixed System (U.S. Single-Payer System (Canada) Problems in the United States Hippocratic Ideals v. Corporate Ideals Quality of Care Comprehensiveness v. Basic Health Care (medical mistakes) v. Malpractice Insurance Expense Health Care is Economic (buyers and Sellers) Artificial Monopoly- licensure (credentialism), Patents (pharmaceuticals and technology) Moral Hazard-price insensitivity Access to Health Care Health Care through Employment Insurance Tradition (pre-existing conditions, state regulations etc.) Pharmaceuticals-