PUBHLTH 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Health Care In The United States, Underinsured

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PUBHLTH 122
• Professor: Terry Schmidt

Document Summary

Provides a general understanding of how the health care system works in the us. Focuses on: health care finance, health care access, health care quality, comparative health systems. In 2013, us spent . 9 trillion on health care services, representing 17. 4% of gdp: estimated to reach 19. 3% gdp by 2023, in 2014 when many provisions of the affordable care act (aca) became effective: Health care spending projected to increase by 5. 6% Private health expenditures expected to increase by 6. 8% By 2023, projected that there will be 23 million uninsured in the us. Most people in the us obtain insurance through their employer. Health insurance acts as an intermediary between patients and providers. Federal, state, and local governments fund programs that directly provide care to individuals: fqhc"s, hiv/aids programs, family planning programs. Access refers to the ability to obtain needed services. Key barriers to access: lack of health insurance, inadequate health insurance, insurance coverage limitations, workforce issues.