The government should be committed in establishing strong and efficient legislation to counter the current crisis in the health care sector. The issues of escalating costs and prices of health care as well as poor quality of services should be adequately addressed. Legislation on the following issues should be undertaken.
- Legislation on reduction of health care costs
- Legislation on insurance of all citizens
- Legislation on patient protection and affordable health care
- Legislation on Job training
- Legislation on tax Policy
By adopting the above mentioned policies, efficiency in the health care system will be attained. The issues of un-affordability and inaccessibility of health care services will be overcome (Frampton et al, 2010).
The issues of escalating costs and prices of health care as well as poor quality of services should be adequately addressed. A point worth of consideration is that legislation on cutting health care costs should be administered. This should include strict legislation on evading fraud, insurance for chronic disease, development of healthy workforce, and coordination of care through family doctors (Frampton et al, 2010).
Plan on policy development
In order to effectively develop policy on health care consumerism, all stakeholders should be considered. The government should incorporate all stakeholders in highlighting the needs for change (Hamilton, 2008). The needs of all stakeholders should be highlighted and analyzed. For instance, the patients’ needs on different health complications and affordability of services should be addressed. On the other hand, employers, insurance companies and health care providers should also be consulted. This will ensure that the needs of all stakeholders are considered. By so doing, efficiency in undertaking the policy development on health care consumerism will be attained. None of the stakeholder is immune from the effects of the current health care crisis thus the need for involvement in policy development (Kongstvedt, 2007).
In order to administer the legislations and policies on health care reforms, all stakeholders should be incorporated. Policy development on health care consumerism requires incorporation of all stakeholders. The government should welcome opinions from all stakeholders to ensure efficient and sustainable change is attained (Hamilton, 2008).
References
Frampton, S. et al. (2010). Putting Patients Fist: Best Practices in Patients-Centered Care. New York: Prentice Hall.
Hamilton, P. (2008). Health care Consumerism. New York: Routldge.
Kongstvedt, P. (2007). Essentials of Managed Health Care. New York: Prentice Hall.