Comment 1
Health care reforms is one of the biggest issue of concern the community health (Porter, 2013). With the complexity of illnesses, growing cost of health care, and aging population, the government need a new approach to delivery of health care system. There is still a large population that are uninsured. There is mounting recognition that our health system is significantly influenced by environmental factors, social determinants, and socio-economic status (Porter, 2013). The health care system must change to improve our health system and make significant efforts to address the unsustainable growth of health care costs in United States. There is a lot to be done before our health system become effective. We still have individuals without insurance cover, have challenges accessing their health care, or their needs are not realized within the healthcare system.
Having said that, it is clear that there is a big gap between the quality of health care the United States health care system is capable of maintaining and the quality of care it currently brings. The money left over or accrued from having a more cost-effective healthcare system to treat chronic diseases could be channeled into other sectors with focus on health promotion and other activities giving a higher return on investment in enhancing population health (Weinstein