What are the government strategies for ensuring affordable healthcare?
Affordable Healthcare
Introduction
Most families from the middle-income economy have been unable to access affordable healthcare due to an increase in billing systems and drug costs. Therefore, the government has established an affordable healthcare policy to encounter such challenges by providing healthcare to all. The policy aligns with the economic theory of socialism as it aims to produce goods that benefit all individuals in society without basing them on their status. Since decisions on legal production and distribution of drugs are made by the government under the policy, the economic system embraced is socialism since the pricing decisions are made by the government. Moreover, the government’s role under the policy will be the pricing regulation of health insurance companies and pharmaceuticals. The government’s policy aligns with Christian ethics as it encourages resource sharing through equitable distribution of goods in society.
Proposed Research Questions
- a) What are the government strategies for ensuring affordable healthcare?
- b) What is the impact of affordable healthcare on the community?
Proposed Research Objectives
- a) Determine the relevant strategies for ensuring affordable healthcare.
- b) Examine the impact of affordable healthcare on the community.
Proposed Literature Review
The affordable healthcare policy is significant in ensuring quality care without considering socio-economic status. The study explores the billing system of various healthcare facilities and how it influences health-seeking behavior among individuals. Moreover, the research is evidence-based as it uses literature sources to determine the current state of affordable healthcare policy. According to Sowell, drug substitution policies reduce the cost of health insurance systems. Pharmaceutical drugs have been characterized by higher prices, leading to government regulation to end the high prices that result in unconscionable profits. The billing in private health insurance companies has been regulated by the government to ensure patients are charged reasonable costs to ensure affordability to all. Sowell identified significant attempts to bring down medical care costs by making it harder for lawyers to win lawsuits against hospitals and doctors. Therefore, the government and insurance companies have played a significant role in ensuring affordable and quality care through price controls.
Proposed Research Methodology
In this study, the main study question is about government strategies for ensuring affordable healthcare. Primary data sources will be significant for this study as they will be based on first-hand information. Information from primary research will indicate the participant’s viewpoint in a particular research area. The study will prioritize qualitative research with a particular approach to interviews in data collection. Moreover, the study will target 200 respondents organized into 10 focus groups of 20 respondents each for the interviews.
Data analysis
The study will use qualitative analysis in answering questions such as ‘what’ and ‘why’, whereby each of them will be addressed via quantitative techniques such as questionnaires and attitude scaling.
