This is a reaction paper on the rising costs of the healthcare system in America. Doctors are participating in a profit-sharing system, making them businessmen and women responsible for the care and treatment of patients. The profit-sharing system involving doctors affects the cost of care and created a conflict of interest. Patients rely on doctors to help them make decisions about their health. Doctors help patients decide the best treatment for their health. The trust patients place in doctors becomes a conflict of interest when doctors choose treatments based on profit versus genuine counsel. One must ask themselves in this system are we doing what is best for the patient or the institution. Whos interest are we serving? How do we ensure that we are choosing a solution to help the patient achieve optimal health versus the institution having profitable success?
Answer the following questions:
How did our healthcare system become this way?
How did we become a healthcare system with high costs skyrocketing due to over-utilization?
Should we be this way? No, we should not be this way.
What are the benefits of being this way? What are the drawbacks?
How do we make it better? What are the solutions?
The Affordable Care Act attempted to stop rising costs. There is no policy that will fix the current healthcare system. Change must come from within the institutions and how they are structured. It takes everyone to change our current system. Patients demand fair pricing and care that is free from conflict of interest. Medical professionals, not just physicians, uphold their duty and oaths to always deliver the best (not most expensive) care to patients. Institutions to change their business models to focus on providing the best care versus making the most profit.
Please only use the resources provided:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/06/01/the-cost-conundrum?currentPage=all
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