Hsa 599 Cooper Green Hospital

Assignment 1 Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan Robin Farmer Dr. Michelle Rose HAS 599 Health Services Administration Capstone January 26, 2013 Introduction Despite the fact that United States is the most affluent country in the world, a significant portion of its citizens have inadequate access to medical care. The barriers to obtaining health care are numerous perhaps the most difficult hurdle to overcome is the lack of financial resources to pay for it. But the problem of lack of access to health cares for large segments of the population. The largest barrier to obtaining needed care is the lack of financial means to obtain it. The uninsured the underinsured cannot be stereotyped for they include many people who are employed, the elderly, children, minorities, person with handicaps, pregnant women, and other vulnerable populations. A lack of insurance does not translate in some cases to a lack of access to medical care, but it does have a clear impact upon access of health care. Discuss six unique problems associated with delivering health care to an indigent population. In the United States it has estimated that at least 48 million Americans are under insured or uninsured. Health care is