Health Insurance, Universal Health Coverage, Alternate Ethics Principles, and Health Policy

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Health Issue in SUBSTANCE ABUSE
1.Differentiate how being insured versus uninsured impacts health outcomes relative to this issue.
Treating cases of substance abuse is very crucial to people globally. Nevertheless, the treatment procedure is quite expensive and without insurance is unaffordable to very many people. Cases of drug abuse, addiction and alcoholism are increasing on a daily basis, while their treatment remains expensive and lengthy. Substance abuse which is a mental disorder is now receiving equal insurance coverage like other physical disorders in the US. The health outcome of an uninsured person with a substance abuse disorder is at stake since it is not easy to pay for the expensive and lengthy treatment. On the other hand, an insured person with a substance abuse disorder can successfully receive treatment since the insurance plans can cover for both detoxification and rehabilitation Stage (Inciardi, 2014).
2, Compare health outcomes for the issue between the United States and a country with universal health coverage.
Canada unlike the United States has universal health coverage. The country gives its citizens a collective access to health care. This is different from the United States where healthcare is greatly privatized with a majority of the people relying on insurance covers to afford Care. Despite the major efforts of Canadian government to curb Substance Abuse disorder, there are still many challenges that make the country struggle with the issue. One such issue is Concurrent Disorder in the country where mental disorder combines with substance use disorder. This leads to a very difficult case to treat and need more support from healthcare. Healthcare provided in Canada is still weak due to the overwhelming numbers of people who seek free treatment. The United States has been able to handle better the issue of Substance Abuse than Canada through insurance and privatized healthcare which is of better quality (Perry, 2012).
3. Hypothesize how existing disparities might be eliminated using alternate ethics principles.
Healthcare inequalities in the US exist along socioeconomic class and ethnicity. These differences have led to substance inequities in the US. Individuals suffering from Healthcare disparities fail to enjoy their liberty, right to life and happiness pursuit. Clearly, Health disparities amount to real classism and racism since they are responsible for existing discriminations felt by weak population members. The American Medical Association (AMA) encourages medical staffs to check their practices to make sure they offer equal medical care. AMA assists medical students and physicians cut healthcare gaps on basis of culture and race. They discusses with healthcare workers inequalities in healthcare, components of disparities in healthcare and give them facilitation guide that aid them in providing better services to the patients (Karberg, 2011).
4. Critique whether the applicable ethics principles are consistent with the ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses.
The ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses was created as a steer for conducting nursing responsibilities in a way consistent with ex...