The population health nurse is attending a community town hall meeting where an elected official is discussing the importance of extending tax cuts for the upcoming fiscal year. What should the nurse consider as the impact of these cuts on health care?
1. Scarcity of health resources.
2. Reduction in chronic diseases.
3. Increased number of care providers.
4. Improved access to health care services.
5. Negative effects on the health of the population.
Answer: 1, 5
Explanation: 1. Tax cuts maintain expenditures while at the same time reducing revenues that could fund them. Although tax cuts and low interest rates will stimulate the economy in the short run, they are likely to cause a long-term imbalance leading to increasing deficits, lower rates of national savings, higher interest rates, and a slowed economy as well as reductions in government-supported services. All of these factors will lead to a greater scarcity of health resources and more severe effects on the health of the population. Tax cuts will have no impact on chronic diseases, the number of care providers, or access to health care services.
5. Tax cuts maintain expenditures while at the same time reducing revenues that could fund them. Although tax cuts and low interest rates will stimulate the economy in the short run, they are likely to cause a long-term imbalance leading to increasing deficits, lower rates of national savings, higher interest rates, and a slowed economy as well as reductions in government-supported services. All of these factors will lead to a greater scarcity of health resources and more severe effects on the health of the population. Tax cuts will have no impact on chronic diseases, the number of care providers, or access to health care services.
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