HW: Health care policies related to access

This week’s readings (Policy and politics in nursing and health care, by Mason et al., 2020) and videos (Senator Hubert Humphrey’s 1948 Speech on Civil Rights) offered information related to health policy relation to diversity, economics and ethics.

In this discussion board you will present information related to current health care reform and civil rights.

Topics to include:

What are the health care policies related to access, equity, quality, and cost?

If you do not feel there are current health care policies related to access, equity, quality and cost, why not?

What does health care reform mean to the uninsured, and underinsured?

What is the implication of limited access to vulnerable populations?

What can nursing do to help increase awareness of civil rights in health care

References:

Initial Post: Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed references.

(Please the journal reference can not be older than FIVE years)

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