Health Care: an Emerging Industry
Health care is one of the most promising industries in the health and hospitability sector today. Health care relates to the prevention as well as to the treatment of illness. It also implies the overall mental and physical well being of individuals. A health care system refers to the organized functions which are involved in promoting the overall health of the country. The United Kingdom is the only industrialized country that does not offer health care universally. The National Health Service in the United Kingdom deals only with healthcare in the UK.
Overview of The Rising Health Care Sector
The health care industry is an industry that is considered to be one of the most budding among all other recent upcoming industries. Health care deals with delivering quality service towards improving the health of the people residing in a country. In recent years, the health care sector has been witnessing an upward surge. In a developed country, the health care industry contributes to 10% of the country’s gross national product. The professionally trained people serving the health care system ensure that all processes run smoothly.
In most of the developed countries of the world, the health care sector has undergone a lot of privatization. This ensures that the systems that are developed under it run without any bottlenecks. There are several health care models that have come up in recent times. With the growing popularity of the health care industry, some major public insurance systems have also come forward to ensure the smooth functioning of the systems. There are numerous pay systems that have been developed to guarantee the accurate administration of the health care sector.
The health care industry has witnessed a rapid growth in recent times mainly due to its contribution in maintaining the overall health and hygiene of a country. Today, the governments of different countries invest a huge amount of money in the health care sector to ensure that the sector has the proper support needed to grow. Statistical studies have shown that the profit derived from the health care sector is huge, both from the social, as well as the economic point of view. It is due to these reasons that the health care sector is considered to be one of the most emerging and promising industries today.
The technological development brought forth by science in this 21st century, has been seen in the domain of the health care sector too. Today, there are many trained professionals who work in this sector. The professional touch has been given to the health care sector which goes a long way in delivering quality care and support to those who seek its help. With the increase of demand among the people of various countries, the health care sector is also undergoing various stages of evolution to cater to the changing needs and demands of the people. As a result, health care today, stands as one of the most significant industries of recent times.
Here this nice Video about health care
Dennis Kucinich talks about his Universal Healthcare Plan at AFSCME FORUM on 2/21/07 and how the other Democratic Candidate’s Healthcare Plan’s All Include a roll for the Large “for Profit” Health Insurance Company’s. The same companies that currently eat up over 30% of the cost for Healthcare in America today without providing needed Healthcare Services for our citizens. To learn more about Dennis go to www.kucinich.us Video by Chad Ely
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I think all people who support universal health care are being immoral because we can not pay for it. We will just be putting debt on the future generations. It is a multi trillion dollar plan that goes to tax payers. And where do Canadians go to get a surgery? here. Think about it.
If anyone does not want universal health care in the USA then in my opinion they must be rich enough to afford it and don’t’ give a shite about the rest of the low income Americans or sometimes high income with pre-existing conditions. One day it could be you or your child with no insurance. Don’t be a dick, everyone deserves to be able to see a doctor or get an operation to save their life.
Guess that school is out for you. Don’t you have an after-school program to go to?
The insurance company was Bristol Park and my brother was denied the test because it had not been a year since he had last taken the test. He had a stroke because the vein that burst was not be monitered closely. We have taken them to court and I hope one day to shut them down. I hope at least what we can do is publizize their criminal behavior. Our case is one of many against them. I also have a breast cancer story where a friend of my Dad’s died because of an insurance company. Evil!
Hey asshole, you don’t even know the name of the CEO of BCBSA. Your numbers and fear-mongering are off-base as is your logic. I repeat-healthcare is a privilege not a right. If you cannot afford it, tough shit
Universal health care is about population control. People don’t see it but when government controls your health care you will eventually be terminated when your cost is too high for government to pay. This is what happened in the USSR, Nazi Germany and is currently happening in Europe. Good luck losers. America is in collapse!!! GO LSU
Okay if you won't have any clinical skills or any managerial/administration skills, just what will you do? You'll have a lot of knowledge but nothing to do with it.
They have a 100 percent covered plan for them and their families for life (assuming they serve at least 6 years), along with an excellent pension plan for life.
They will care about the crisis if it is something the voters want! After all, if they are not acting in the interest of the voters, they will lose their seat and their health care plan.
Unfortunately, there is so much disagreement between the "left" and the "right" that it is difficult for congress to do anything. In addition, many people (even those who truly need health care reforms) vote based on moral values, leaving health care to be ignored.
Let’s slow down here…Pls advise where it states that healthcare is a right…UNDERSTAND the question now? I hope that the union program that you are on has anger management therapy…
STRIKING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN—PRIVATE & PUBLIC—HEALTH CARE:
PRIVATE:
Places the INSURANCE COMPANY between YOU & YOUR DOCTOR. The Insurance Company DECIDES what treatment they will authorize & pay for … or what claim they will deny & cancel the policy.
PUBLIC:
Your DOCTOR is the one who DECIDES what treatment YOU require. NO profit involved. NO more red tape. NO begging with Insurance Company for approval.
All SENATORS in Congress have a GOVERNMENT run PUBLIC PLAN !!
Exactly… dont vote for her. Amazingly enough, while on the Board of Walmart, she helped devise the current scheme to avoid providing health care to as many employees as possible…
I've encountered a payroll services company that also manages pre-tax health savings or spending accounts for small and mid-sized companies. You might check them out. PrimePay is the name of the company.
And he couldn’t pay for the scan? And his insurance denied it? Under what conditions?
YOU DUMB SHIT. why didn’t your damn old lady get on Medicare at the age of 65? And where did you ever pull that salary out of? your ass? That equates to $52M/year, you dumb shit
I don’t give a shit about names of any healthcare company. I hope the healthcare industry tanks! They are just a bunch of greedy fuckers that don’t give a flying rats ass if people are dying, just so they can make bank! I am all for making all the money in God’s green earth, but if you are doing it on the backs of the dying, well, I have made myself clear. Again, be careful what you ask for, you just might get it. You might have to someday sell your house to pay for your childs cancer treatment.
Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Why would you trust the country's health care system to a pack of nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling booze?
Canada's healthcare isn't perfect. Neither is the US. From what I've heard from people who've moved from the US to Canada, quality of care and wait times are far better here in the US. Most people would rather pay for a higher standard of care and shorter wait times than move to a lower standard of care and far longer wait times for free. The fact that Canada is losing many of it's better doctors and nurses to the US should tell you something about the situation.
I wouldn't want a socialized healthcare system period. What I would like to see is a reform in the US healthcare system, especially in terms of US insurance companies. In the words of Obama "why take a hatchet to something that only requires a scalpel"?
I am currently researching grants to non-profit organizations in order to find funding for parent support groups for parents of children with disabilities, and would be glad to forward m Excell Spreadsheet on
Grants to those providing their e-mail address.
I know that insurance companies like Blue Cross and Aetna have set-up foundations to provide grants to non-profits engaged in educating young people in healthcare matters.
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“where the birth certificate”
It doesn't fail, almost every first world country has it setup as a system.
Unless of course you view treatment of the poorer people a failure.
The benefit to not treating a lot of people, is faster care for the wealthy.
If you don't want to have universal health care, the government can step in and price fix medical procedures like they do in japan. It works okay for them. They can afford adequate medical treatment because the government forces it to be affordable, and the same prices in rural as in urban areas.
The real problem with our system, coming from someone who has an entire family in medicine (Doctors, surgeons, nurses)…is the insurance companies. They buffer every side. The doctors, the hospital, the patients, everyone has to get insurance, and they are the ones forcing prices higher and higher.
think of the largest number you can – then raise that number to the 10th power
do that for every year.
Not for everyone, but for Medicare 77% costs occurred in the last year of life, 52% of them in the last 2 mo, and 40% in the last month, When you are old and become seriously ill, you are more likely to die than the seriously ill young.
we just hired two people in the compliance department at the hospital where I work. Neither had experience in compliance but lots of experience in healthcare. Keep watching for job opportunities, read as much as you can about compliance – the regulations seem to change daily!
Liar Liar Pants on Fire…
In theory, health care manager try to provide the best coverage for the lowest cost. In practice, it seem that they tend to have some initial success in reducing some unnecessary cost, but occassionally their focus in reducing or avoiding costs results in major malpatience law suits.
Amazing. Nursing is like the best profession out there. There are so many sub-specialties in all professional areas.
There are about 100 different nursing specialties. See below for the list. I know that doesn't completely answer you question, but the list can give you some ideas. Research, for instance, or Business Administration, There the CSI angle, but the TV show seems to make it more glamorous than it probably really is. Then there are legal nurse consultants.
You can find a list of the highest paying nursing specialties here on the right hand column: http://www.jobs-in-registered-nursing.com/nursing-specialities/index.php
Another approach is to see what all the nursing schools offer.
You can find a list of all nursing schools here: http://www.my-nursing-career.com/nursing-degrees/index.html.
Since you already have your degree, the online option is a good one. You'd be amazed at what is available for nurses online. Check out the nursing degree search here: http://www.my-nursing-career.com/index.php
List of nursing specialties:
* Ambulatory care nursing
* Advanced practice nursing
* Behavioral health nursing
* Burn nursing
* Camp nursing
* Cardiac nursing
* Cardiac catheter laboratory nursing
* Case management
* Clinical nurse specialist
* Clinical research nurse
* Community health nursing
* Correctional nursing
* Critical care nursing
* Developmental disabilities nursing
* District nursing
* Emergency nursing
* Environmental Health nursing
* Flight nursing
* Forensic nursing
* Gastroenterology nursing
* Genetics nursing
* Geriatric nursing
* Health visiting
* Hematology oncology nursing
* HIV/AIDS nursing
* Home health nursing
* Hospice nursing
* Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Nursing
* Intavenous therapy nursing
* Infectious disease nursing
* Legal nursing
* Legal Nurse Investigator
* Maternal-child nursing
* Matron
* Medical-surgical nursing
* Military and uniformed services nursing
* Neonatal nursing
* Neuro-surgical nursing
* Nurse anesthetist
* Nurse-midwife
* Nurse practitioner
* Nursing educator
* Nursing informatics
* Nursing management
* Obstetrics gynecology nursing
* Occupational health nursing
* Oncology nursing
* Operating room nursing
* Orthopaedic nursing
* Ostomy nursing
* Pain management and palliative care nursing
* Pediatric nursing
* Perianesthesia nursing
* Perioperative nursing
* Plastic and reconstructive surgical nursing
* Private duty nursing
* Psychiatric or mental health nursing
* Public health
* Pulmonary nursing
* Quality improvement
* Radiology nursing
* Rehabilitation nursing
* Renal dialysis nursing
* Renal nursing
* Research
* School nursing
* Sub-acute nursing
* Substance abuse nursing
* Surgical Nursing
* Telenursing
* Telemetry nursing
* Telephone triage nursing
* Transplantation nursing
* Travel nursing
* Urology nursing
* Utilization management
* Wound care
~~This is a mute point because Nationalized insurance is not in the works. All the government is proposing is an alternative for people who can't get employer based insurance to be able to buy directly from the same insurance that senators and congressmen get. Otherwise, business as usual for private insurance companies.~~
Healthcare is absolutely a right. An emergency room at any hospital can not turn you away under law. Sure, you might have to wait, but it is law that you have to be treated at an emergency room. You are fucking right I am angry. My oldest brother died because he was denied care. So, until you are affected, do some research on this topic.
OMG…NO!!!!!!!!!
Hey asshole, healthcare is a RIGHT, not a privilege. I hope to God none of your offspring ever lose their job along with their healthcare and come down really sick. You might have to eat your words. Your attitude is EXACTLY why your party is on the extinct list. You can live if you have money and you should die if you don’t. The lack of caring and compassion for your brother man is evil! Are you a social concervative?
PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN:
ALL Americans are now paying in HIDDEN TAXES the cost for medical care for the “UNINSURED” who must use the Emergency Room.
With President Obama’s Health Plan ALL AMERICANS will be covered. These HIDDEN TAXES will disappear.
WHY is a … “PUBLIC GOVERNMENT PLAN” … good enough for all REPUBLICAN SENATORS in Congress … but NOT good enough for ALL AMERICANS who choose this option over a Private Plan??
AGAIN we see the blatant REPUBLICAN LIES & HYPROCRISY !!
You need to talk with a local agent that works with all of the major companies in your area. Insurance companies and the plans they offer will vary from state to state and the premium with any one plan can vary by zip code.
At 22 if you are in good health you should be able to find a catastrophic plan for less than $100 in most states and a comprehensive plan shouldn't be much more than $100.
The agent will be able to explain what you need to know – there is not enough space here to tell you everything. You'll need to know about the deductible, the co-insurance, the co-pays and what is covered with the co-pay, what procedures are and are not subject to the deductible, what is excluded from the plans, which doctors accept the plans, the different types of plans and how they operate, the prescription coverage if any, and much more. There is no extra charge using an agent.
They don't and this is why i think mccains strategy to win is flawless.He's running so much negative stuff on obama until obama has to spend most of his time defending himself thus meaning mccain has yet to talk about his plans for the economy,healthcare or any of that stuff.And to think people have the nerve to say whats obama's plan.Whats Mccains except talking about war?
If you have a really good health food store with knowledgeable people I would ask who they might know or suggest. Also the Internet site www. alternative medicine for Maine would hopefully give some info. Good Luck
Your brother should have had a JOB and saved $ to pay if he needed to. I am sure that there were extenuating circumstances in his care.BTW-I really don’t give a shit what the hell happened. You are just one angry asshole that needs to get over it.
WTF? School program! The only school program I am dealing with is helping my daughter navigate the pre-school system for my Grandson. Thanks for caring though! I am plenty busy enough!
As a member of the healthcare community, we are advised to not be judgemental towards patients. I take pride in being a non-judgemental providing care for all. Have I seen it? Yes. Do I like it? No. Will something be done about it? Hopefully, but probably not.
The fact is, every patient is an individual. Each patient deserves unbiased care to make them as healthy as they can be.
Because my damn old lady thought that her private insurance company would be run better than a “government run plan”. Funny how that turned out! No, I didn’t pull that $200,000 a day for the CEO of Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Get off YOUR lazy ass and look it up yourself.
In any plan made by Clinton the only financial incentives are to put money in her personal bank account.
I agree with a lot of what Nemisis said, but I think I can simplify it even further.
Insurance is gambling. How do we keep Casino's from getting more and more corrupt, like the insurance industry is?
Caps on profits. If an insurance company had to pay out 90 cents of every dollar that it takes in, it would have to lower premiums. Pass transparent billing, enforce contract law and anti-trust laws. That is very important too, but if insurance companies were obligated to return a percentage of what they take in, not a percentage of net, but a percentage of each and every dollar they touch, health care costs would come down to a realistic level.
One law, enforce the others. Done!
Funny you should mention it asshole! He did have a job and he did have insurance. You obviously do not know what the fuck you are talking about! You are an asshole who represents the asshole party that just lost power in the White House, the House and the Senate. It is your retarded and evil view that the only person that deserves to live is the person that has money. I would hate to be you at the Pearly Gates. Your fucked!
Oh, I will be the first to admit I am angry! Angry as fuck! My oldest brother worked all his life and HAD medical insurance. He need a brain test and they denied coverage. What happened after that? Ya, he died at 50 years old. Your and my hard earned money is getting pissed away by private insurance companies and they are thrieving while people are dying? Mad? You bet your ass!
Listen, I lived in Germany, England and was born and raised in the US and I can tell you that you don’t know shit. My mother lives in England and she is taken care of like a queen when she gets sick FOR FREE. My wife is German and I lived in Germany for 9 months, they have partial insurance but it’s almost free and the Nazis as you mentioned don’t run Germany anymore in case you didn’t notice they were running this country. Universal health care is the only thing missing from our country.
Wow…what anger and hate you have for those that actually work. Do you expect them to support you with their hard-earned money? If you do you are a thief
Who gives a flying fuck what color he is? And you are talking about the CEO of Mass, and I figure if he makes 3.5 million, he is making aroung 96,000 a day, while people are dying because they refuse to cover. My hope and prayer is that each and every health insurance company has to close their doors. They have had plenty of time to get their shit together and quit raping the American people! Adios Mother Fuckers!
“The salary and bonus paid to Cleve L. Killingsworth, chairman and chief executive of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, increased 26 percent last year, to $3.5 million, even though the health insurer’s membership declined and its net income fell 49 percent.”
Asshole-you can’t even READ! BTW-the CEO is black
Here's something to think about: according to the census bureau, of the 47 million or so that are uninsured almost 10 million are illegal immigrants, 8 million make over 75,000 a year, another 8 million make over 50,000 a year, and 14 million qualify for medic-aid or medicare but do not apply. Hmmm. makes you think that maybe our system isn't so bad after all. So Obama needs to quit with his fear mongering and quit lying to us. There are a lot of unemployed, but 47 million is very misleading. Give us a real number!
Also the idea is that by giving health care to everyone, businesses don't have to pay for it, and then they can give more jobs, increase profit, and help the economy. Which sounds great, if you're stupid. Since Universal health care is insanely expensive, guess who pays for it? raised taxes on business and on the rich, (and apparently companies that aren't green). So it's basically a beat-around the the bush way to distribute wealth. And ask yourself this? Is it a good idea to take from from the rich? Take money from a poor man, and he becomes poorer, take money from a rich man, and he goes to work and fires his workers. So which is worse? MAYBE GOVERNMENT JUST SHOULDN'T TAKE PEOPLES MONEY!
I worked in the Emergency Room for a long time. After awhile you learn that death is as much a part of life as life itself. Healthcare workers have free counseling at their disposal to help deal with those situations. Death is a part of living; I learned that one morning two years ago when I suffered a massive heart attack that should have killed me, I learned that three weeks ago when my friend died. Death is never easy to deal with; but when you're in the healtcare field you learn to keep your distance; you have to or it would kill you. I've seen children come in from drownings and baby's who were murdered at the hands of the very people who was suppose to protect them. Those, my friend, are the hardest deaths to deal with.
Death is not something we accept but IT IS something we learn to live with.