Economic Policies for Health Promotion, Wellness, and Prevention In the United States, the health care system emphasizes health promotion, wellness, and prevention as a strategy to improve population...

Economic Policies for Health Care
    Economic Policies for Health Care    2018
Introduction
Health care system of any country is run by the organization of the people and institution as health care is a universal issue and every country tries to make enough efforts for the promotion and protection of the health of their citizens. A good health care system is the essential requirement of any country and in many countries the well being of the people is the responsibility of the Government. But, it is not always so as in many there is much ambiguity in implementation of the health care policies while others have fortified health care system. As the health care policies of some of the countries may look promising on the paper but are found to be insufficient when implemented. The World Health Organization and its member nations therefore take proper steps to measures the health care facilities being offered around the world. This paper thus aims to analyze the implications of economic policies and disparities in the United States in comparison with Finland.
Health Care System in the United States
The Health Care System of the United States is unique in many ways as the country does not have universal health care coverage nor does it have uniform health system until recently that some changes in the legislation have been introduced (Employees, 2016). According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Report the Affordable Care Act that was signed in 2010 remained under controversy as it faced severe problems due to web based enrollment system due to which millions of people are not allowed to renew their insurance policies (WHO, 2014). This became a serious concern as uninsured people would not have proper access to the private physicians. The American citizens unlike the citizens of other industrialized nations therefore tend to skip their medication and preventive care as it is very costly. United states is known for spending huge amount of money on health care like in the year 2012 the country had spent more than 2.8 trillion US Dollars which was almost 17% of its GDP (WHO, 2014). Despite such huge spending the health care system of the U.S remains inadequate and poorer than the many other high income countries
The Health care system of Sweden is one of the best in the developed world the country has long history of attention to SDH issues and health equity. The Swedish Health care system is decentralized and government funded though the private health care is also available. The accessibility, scope and the quality of the health care system of the country has developed over the period of time. The Swedish Health Care System therefore provides high quality health services and specialized medical care to...