Do you believe age-based healthcare rationing is an ethical approach to reducing healthcare costs?

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The Future of Age-Based Healthcare Rationing

The proposal of healthcare rationing based on age elicits diametrically different reactions from diverse groups. Philosophers, bioethics and medical ethics, Republicans, Democrats, academics, aging advocates and the list goes on have all weighed in on this very controversial topic. Your Required Studies this week intended to provide you with a variety of perspectives which you can expand upon by also reading the Recommended Studies should you desire.

 

Do you believe age-based healthcare rationing is an ethical approach to reducing healthcare costs? Defend your answer.

 

Support your statements with evidence from the Required Studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style.

These optional resources are recommended to enhance your overall learning experience.

 

Aged-Based Health Care Rationing: Challenges for an Aging Society (1990) Retrieved fromhttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v3n3/age.html

 

Why the Elderly Should Support Health Care Rationing (2013) Retrieved fromhttp://www.over65.thehastingscenter.org/why-the-elderly-should-support-health-care-rationing/

 

Sequester Falsely Pits ‘Greedy Geezers’ Against the Young (2013), Retrieved fromhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/04/column-miller-richretiree-idUSL2N0CQ1GR20130404

 

Why I Hope to Die at 75, Retrieved from

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/

National Institute for Healthcare Management

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Go to the following website: Source: National Institute for Healthcare Management.http://www.nihcm.org/

 

Select a featured publication of interest to you. Based on the publication that you review, and to prepare your organization for the change(s) that you foresee, write a paper of 750 to 1000-words to respond to the following:

  1. Describe the publication and the issue(s) that it presents.
  2. After reviewing the article, identify the type of health care organization that you would like to work for in the future and explain the implications of this issue to that organization and to at least two groups of its stakeholders.
  3. What are some of the questions that you would need to ask, resources you might need to access, or actions you would take to prepare your organization for change or to exploit opportunities?
  4. Respond to two of the following questions:
  5. Do you see changes arising from this situation to be a boon to patients? Why or why not?
  6. Do you think that government will create regulation relating to this topic that you will need to comply with?

 

  1. Do you see this issue as having the potential to result in a possible new profit center for your facility?

Why is innovation important to healthcare management?

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School of Health Sciences-

HS450 Strategic Planning and Organizational Development for Healthcare

Unit 8 Assignment

Instructions

Why is innovation important to healthcare management? For this exercise, you will “nurture foresight,” which is described in your textbook as a process involving looking ahead to visualize developments and their possible impact on the organization, perhaps even before they become inventions, trends, or actual concerns.

 

Go to the following website: Source: National Institute for Healthcare Management. http://www.nihcm.org/

 

Select a featured publication of interest to you. Based on the publication that you review, and to prepare your organization for the change(s) that you foresee, write a paper of 750 to 1000-words to respond to the following:

  1. Describe the publication and the issue(s) that it presents.
  2. After reviewing the article, identify the type of health care organization that you would like to work for in the future and explain the implications of this issue to that organization and to at least two groups of its stakeholders.
  3. What are some of the questions that you would need to ask, resources you might need to access, or actions you would take to prepare your organization for change or to exploit opportunities?
  4. Respond to two of the following questions:
    1. Do you see changes arising from this situation to be a boon to patients? Why or why not?
    2. Do you think that government will create regulation relating to this topic that you will need to comply with?
    3. Do you see this issue as having the potential to result in a possible new profit center for your facility?

Your writing should follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.) and it should be logical, original, and insightful. Finally, ensure that your paper conforms to APA Style, including in-text citations and a reference page.

 

Requirements

  • Responses to the questions should be written in a clear, detailed manner and observe the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
  • Double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font. 12
  • Include at least two references. All references should follow APA style format.

Describe the expected interplay between demanders and suppliers, interest groups and analyze the public policy environment

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Write a 7-9 page paper with a References List. Your written assignment must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Pocket Guide to APA Style to ensure in-text citations and reference list are correct.

You will synthesize your understanding of why Clinton’s Health Plan was unsuccessful. Discuss the features of the Clinton health care reform plan and provide reasons why it failed and describe the influence of the various interest groups and governmental entities during this process. Make sure to discuss both the policy process and the policy environment—that is, the key players involved and other circumstances that shaped this policy-making effort. Consider and discuss the following:

  1. Take a position in support or opposition

  2. Discuss the context of this legislation – name the expected demanders and suppliers

  3. Describe the expected interest groups and there specific arguments.

  4. Describe the expected interplay between demanders and suppliers, interest groups and analyze the public policy environment.

    Part 1

    Write a 7-9 page paper with bibliography. Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Pocket Guide to APA Style to ensure in-text citations and reference list are correct.

    You will synthesize your understanding of why Medicare Part D passed, as well as the influence of the various interest groups and governmental entities during this process. Make sure to discuss both the policy process and the policy environment—that is, the key players involved and other circumstances that shaped this policy-making effort. For this assignment, address the following questions, doing further research as needed:

    • How did various stakeholder groups influence the final outcome of Medicare Part D legislation?

    • What were the specific strategies and tools that were used most effectively?

    • Does the fact that Medicare Part D passed corresponds with your understanding of policy and politics, or did this surprise you? Explain your response.