23 Apr SLP 1 Nevada population’s health care insurance coverage status
Please do not use books, only journals from the following so I can retrieve the article. Please Use References that I can find from sources such as (EBSCO), PubMed, Proquest, Sage, ScienceDirect, and CINAHL. Provide URL or Links.
Use at least one to two references per paragraph. If not, common knowledge must be cited. Inline citation and page number as applicable.
Module 1 – SLP
THE FINANCING OF HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES
Much variation is present in the United States population’s health care insurance coverage status. This Module’s SLP is intended to allow you to study health insurance status and access to health services in either your home state or your state of current residence, I reside in LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. Using the “Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population” link in the background readings, examine the Table, Map, and Trend Graph for NEVADA current residence. Refine ‘coverage year’ choice to the most recent coverage year posted in the left side navigation bar on the site. Address the following:
1. Summarize the key insurance findings regarding your state of choice.
2. Who are the primary payers, and to what percentage of the coverages?
3. What percentage of your state’s population is uninsured? Underinsured?
4. What does the trend graph show in terms of the public/private payers and the uninsured? Explain what is changing, for better or for worse, in the last few years.
SLP Assignment Expectations
1. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to support your analysis.
2. Provide a response of 4 pages, not including title page and references.
3. There are multiple required items to be addressed herein; please use subheadings to show where you are responding to each required item and to ensure that none are omitted.
4. Support your paper with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 3 to 4 references. Use at least one to two references per paragraph, and you can use the same reference throughout the essay.
Module 1
Required Reading/Viewing
Frean, M., Gruber, J., & Sommers, B. D. (2017). Premium subsidies, the mandate, and Medicaid expansion: Coverage effects of the Affordable Care Act. Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 53, 72-86.
View:
Kristin L. Reiter, & Paula H. Song. (2021). Chapter 1: Healthcare finance basics in Gapenski’s Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management, 7th edition. AUPHA/HAP Book.
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2019). Health insurance coverage of the total population. Available at https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-population/?activeTab=map¤tTimeframe=0&selectedDistributions
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Sommers, B. D., Gawande, A. A., & Baicker, K. (2017). Health insurance coverage and health: What the recent evidence tells us. The New England Journal of Medicine, 377(6), 586-593.
U.S. Census. (2018). Health insurance coverage in the United States: 2017. Available at https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2018/demo/p60-264.html
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2018/demo/p60-264.html
