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The Introduction of Medicare and Medicaid Programs and First Experiences with Their Functioning (untill 1967)
Křivánek, Jan ; Tajovský, Ladislav (advisor) ; Johnson, Zdenka (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid programs and examines their functioning in 1966 and 1967. It summarizes the historical development of American health care until 1965 and notes the possible causes leading to the emergence of their specific market based healthcare. It shows a different view on healthcare solutions from representatives of the Republican and the Democratic parties. Detailed analysis of individual programs shows their shortcomings and possible problems. A key part of the thesis is the analysis of empirical data from 1964 to 1967. This part confirms the main hypothesis about the impossibility of self-financing in the first years of its operation. The charts illustrate the need for reform and the percentage changes in different types of healthcare costs. At the same time, it also points to the marginal cost of the programs in the context of the entire federal budget. It also shows the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid as a turning point and a starting point for the rise in total health spending in the US.
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Analysis of the U.S. Health Care System
Kožušková, Kateřina ; Loužek, Marek (advisor) ; Durdisová, Jaroslava (referee)
The thesis is dealing with financial aspects of the U.S. health care system. The main reasons are excessively high costs and less beneficial outputs of the system compared to other developed countries. The topic is more than up to date especially with regard to the latest changes in American health care and the neverending discussion about the necessity of further reforms aiming especially at fiscal sustainability of the system.The introduction is devoted to a brief description of basic models of health care system. It also introduces the approach of the United States to health care and provides an overview of the structure and participants of American health care. Moreover, the thesis provides details about the latest reform of the system. The main objective of the thesis is analysis of main factors that contributes to high growth of health care costs. Technological development, consolidation of markets and ineffective setting of health care reimbursement are identified as some of the main contributors to high cost in the U.S. health care system.
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The Reform of the Health Care System in the United States of America
Horáková, Kateřina ; Střítecký, Rudolf (advisor) ; Lešetický, Ondřej (referee)
The Diploma work "Health care reform in the United States of America" is the sequel of the Bachelor work of 2008 called "The liberal health care system of the United States of America". The work is focused on the financial means and changes which has been effective since singing The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (acronym PPACA) into the United States law on 23rd March 2010 by the democratic president Barack Obama. The special attention is drawn to permanently increasing health care costs and defrauding of money within the social heath care program Medicare that is designated for seniors 65 and over as well as handicapped people. This work deals with Massachusetts Mandatory Health Insurance Program of 2006, which has been used like a model for the new federal law PPACA. The practical part presents the particular changes brought by the new law, including their impact on the chosen social groups -- the uninsured, the employers, the families and their kids, the seniors and the people with "pre-existing conditions". Since the Health care reform is the political issue as well, at the end there are mentioned some pros and cons opinions.
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Analysis of American Health Care System with respect to current affairs: Is Universal Health Care a Potential Reality?
Šotolová, Petra ; Lešetický, Ondřej (advisor) ; Haňka, Rudolf (referee)
The main task of the Thesis is to analyze an American health care system, its management and behavior including its pros and cons. To describe and study the system will help to understand its eventual future progress and to answer a basic question "Is Universal Health Care a Potential Reality in U.S.A.?". With a respect to current affairs, as was the comprehensive health care reform signing, it will be possible to think and forecast relevant course of events that might improve consciousness about American health care delivery. The representative of well behaving health care system is considered that one in United Kingdom - National Health Service - socialized medicine system, which is based on an idea that health care should be available to all, regardless of wealth or income.
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