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Student discussion must be a minimum of 150 200 original words and supported by academic, peerreviewed references (at least 1). Whenever possible, please try to relate the course content to realworld applications from your work experience.Reflect critical thought and an integration of the key themes and concepts from the readings. 1. What kinds of health care should be universally provided, to whom and under what conditions? Garrett, Baillie and Garrett (2009) state that "Ethical distribution, then, must provide for priorities and a system of allocating resources that at least regularizes expectations in the light of what is politically and economically possible. Appeals to such norms as equality or equality of opportunity as a principle of distribution are useless if there is not and never will be enough to go around or if such appeals define their terms in ways alien to the society." For me, the issue will revolve around how we define the expectations of a health care system, recognizing that there are limits to what individuals can expect. But, as you note, patients need to have providers willing to see them and treat their health care needs. References: Garrett, T. M., Baillie, H. W., & Garrett, R. M. (2009). Health care ethics: Principles and problems (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: PrenticeHall. Fremgen, B. F. (2009). Medical law and ethics (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. 2. Schoonveld, Coyle and Markham (2015) have written a recent article that addressed the role of quality in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which surprisingly highlights some ethical concerns about distributive justice. They state "We evaluated the implications of ACA on the drug industry by examining the impact on the "DinnerforThree" dynamic in our health care system. We can think of our system as an odd dinner party in which one person pays (the insurer), one orders the meal (the physician), and yet another eats the meal (the patient)" (Epub ahead of print). In this case, the quality they discuss is quality in coverage or insurance, not quality in terms of clinical outcomes. While looking at ACA insurance may provide quality options not available through private insurance, it doesn't address the important concern about lack of providers, leading to long waits to see the MD. What your message has described is an administrative barrier to quality care. When patients can't access care quickly, some people might call this a type of rationing. So...is rationing consistent with the concept of distributive justice? References: Garrett, T. M., Baillie, H. W., & Garrett, R. M. (2009). Health care ethics: Principles and problems (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: PrenticeHall.
Schoonveld E1, Coyle B2, Markham J3. (2015). Impact of the ACA on the DinnerforThree Dynamic. Clinical Therapeutics. 2015 Mar 12. pii: S01492918(15)00079X. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.02.013. [Epub ahead of print]