Question

Clearly outline the measurements of societal health and how the federal government and private industry have participated in the health care industry.

Answer 1

Social health index components include employability, marital happiness, sociability and group engagement. This index was correlated with psychological well-being and other psychological indicators, physical health continuum and subjective health evaluations. Physically and mentally stable individuals are generally better qualified than others to apply for secure employment, sustain a successful marriage, and communicate with others informally or in an structured sense.At the same time, socially healthy people may be more likely to enjoy good physical health and psychological well-being as a result of their social health than people who are dissatisfied with their marriages, socially isolated and/or relatively unemployable.

The involvement of the private sector in the provision of health care encompasses a complex range of activities carried out by various non-state actors. Such actors can include multinational corporations, non-governmental organisations and non-profit organizations. It is necessary to discuss the role of private actors in the sense of the aim of achieving UHC. For example, private parties may not always have opportunities to deal with externalities that influence the availability , accessibility, acceptability and efficiency of health services; they may not be in a position to provide "public goods"; or they may work under incomplete knowledge.

Public-private health care agreements, which are different from privatization, are another manner in which private sector involvement can take place. As with privatisation, there is no clear legal concept of public-private partnerships. These partnerships are described by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Legal Counsel as "a wide range of ventures involving a variety of arrangements, including participants, legal status, governance, governance, policy-setting privileges, contributions and operational roles

First, the Medicaid program provided Member States with the option of receiving federal matching funding for the provision of health care services to low-income families, blind people and persons with disabilities. Coverage was gradually made mandatory for low-income pregnant women and infants, and later for children up to 18 years of age. Today, Medicaid accounts for 17.9 percent of Americans. As a state-run medium-tested program, the eligibility criteria vary by state. Individuals need to apply for Medicaid coverage and re-enrol and re-enrol each year. As of 2019, more than two-thirds of Medicaid recipients were enrolled in managed care organizations.

In 2010, the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( ACA) was the biggest extension to date of the government's role in financing and regulating health care. Components of the law 's big coverage extensions, introduced in 2014, included: forcing the majority of Americans to receive health insurance or to pay a fine (the fine was later removed) Extending the coverage of young people by allowing them to stay on their parents' private plans until the age of 26. Opening up health insurance markets or exchanges that provide premium discounts to low-and middle-income people

The federal government has only a marginal role in directly controlling and providing services, with the exception of the Veterans Health Administration and the Indian Health Service. The ACA has established "shared responsibility" between government , employers, and individuals to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable and high-quality health insurance. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the federal government 's leading health services agency.