In trying to understand current problems in today's health care environment, the nurse could reframe the discussion as a problem created by
a. competing interests of market and governmental forces.
b. tension between for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.
c. too many different agencies providing the same services.
d. unchecked rises in providers' salaries and fees for service.
A
The U.S. health care system is a mix of market forces (based on equilibrium created through pricing mechanisms) and government entities (which should be based on egalitarian ideals). This mix of systems is primarily responsible for inequities in the health care system today.
There are both for- and not-for-profit organizations operating in health care today. Not-for-profit status is a tax designation; all entities must make enough profits to continue operating.
Redundancy in health care does exist, but it is not one of the root causes of its problems.
Unchecked rises in fees were part of the reason managed care came into being, but this is not broad enough to reframe an entire concept.
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