Comparison of Nursing and Physician Organization Positions on Healthcare Financing
Overview: Historically the ANA and AMA as representatives of organized nursing and medicine, have differed in their positions on the financing of healthcare. Using objective and well-reasoned, and where possible, empirical analyses, compare and contrast the positions the ANA and AMA have taken in public financing of health care in the 1930s (attempt to include health insurance in Social Security Bill), the 1960s (Medicare and Medicaid) and 2010s (passage of Affordable Care Act)..Include how physicians and nurses might be affected by changes in terms of their relative roles and reimbursement.
Directions: As an academic assignment, refrain from the use of jargon or colloquial language. Remember to spell out acronyms as you cannot assume your reader has a healthcare background. Be extremely cautious to ensure your statements, facts, and figures are supported with current and original citations. (Consider the year of the data and if more current information has been released.) Frame your paper around the following topic areas: Analyze ANA and AMA policy position related to public financing of healthcare at each of the three eras (1930-1960-2010). Include some reference to each of the following aspects of positions taken by the ANA and AMA.
Frame your paper around the following topic areas:
- What appears to have driven the policy adopted including concerns about financing, reimbursement, professional autonomy?
- Who (what groups) was the policy designed to impact (Congress, Executive Branch, Courts, public opinion?
- How do the positions taken fit in terms of healthcare as a right and involvement of government in social programs and the use of the market to distribute goods and services?
- How do these issues relate to the issues noted in A above?
- Who would be the likely political party allies or opponents for the stated positions?
- Which special interest groups would likely support, and which would oppose the policies?
