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what are some of the key challenges facing state and national policymakers given the current status?
They key challenges in healthcare facing state given the current status are:
1. Rising resource crunch - The health status and the demand of healthcare in pandemic and even in normal circumstances has led to an overbearing load on the resources in healthcare which are required to provide best possible care and treatment options
2. Healthcare coverage - The healthcare coverage and insurance beneficiaries are critical to cover the healthcare issues and cost for the general public. Due to disparity in the income level and employment the healthcare coverage and treatment has led to challenges of healthcare being out of the reach of normal public
3. Rising drug cost - Cost of healthcare and especially the rising cost of drug rices is another reason the masses face a challenge in the current status as it puts on additional burden for healthcare management which is non-optional expense
4. Pandemic and Emergency response resources - The emergency response preparedness and requirement in terms of infrastructure, man power, equipment are not readily available and provisions for the same are not in conjunction to the demand of the healthcare requirement which poses a serious challenge in the current and future scenarios
They key challenges in healthcare facing state given the
current status are:
1. Insufficient reforms - The reforms in healthcare from a policy perspective have been too late to respond and in terms of national polices to tackle the issue the formulation and implementation paralysis is observed which has a big challenge for the government to overcome
2. Insufficient regulatory oversight - The regulatory oversight on the pharma sector and cost of healthcare has to be implemented by formulating key policies and implementing the decisions for public welfare as health is not a need anymore but a fundamental right for the people
3. Uniformity in Medicare and Medicaid services - The medicare and medicaid schemes are not uniform which leads to a large number of low income and non resourceful population to be left without any help and burden of health care is largely ignored by the policymakers to tackle this challenge
4. Universal single healthcare program policy - The American dream of universal healthcare coverage has been promised since long and now are the circumstances where for the future of the States in the current status it is pertinent that we make historical changes and formulate policy that can converge on requirement of healthcare and the universal single healthcare program policy a reality as the current challenge is being witnessed