Discussion: MMHA 6300 Health Insurance Accessibility

Discussion: MMHA 6300 Health Insurance Accessibility

MMHA6300 Law, Ethics, and Policy Week 10 Discussion Health Insurance Accessibility

Federal and state governments have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to create a website through which consumers can purchase health care insurance in the open market. The federal government operates healthcare.gov. Some states have opted not to utilize the federal government’s exchange and approach it on their own. This has proved to be a very costly and disastrous undertaking for some states, such as Maryland, whose situation was described in this week’s introduction.

Oregon also discovered that running its own exchange can be a risky and expensive business. “Although the state has spent an estimated $248 million to get the operation up and running, it never enrolled a single private insurance customer online” (La Ganga, 2014). Oregon claims that it was not a failure of policy; the problems were in the building of the website, making the program virtually inaccessible.

With all the money spent to create these health care exchanges, the question remains: do they really work? In your Discussion this week, you will explore this question.

To Prepare for This Discussion

Browse the California Health Insurance Exchange website, Covered California, in this week’s Learning Resources.

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The average American’s health care literacy; in other words, can they comprehend what they are reading on these sites to make an informed choice?

What are your impressions? Is the site user-friendly? Is it easily accessible?

What about support for people with disabilities?

As you evaluate California Health Insurance Exchange website, be sure to look at the “2015 Covered California Shop and Compare Tool” section of the site at: https://www.coveredca.com/shopandcompare/

By Day 3

Post a cohesive response to the following:

Explain whether you believe the California Health Insurance Exchange website is user-friendly and appropriate for the public health standard and why. Explain whether you think this website could be improved to help users select the best insurance options for them, and how.

Support your response by identifying and explaining key points and/or examples presented in the Learning Resources.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. Consider how your colleagues’ postings relate to the information presented in the Learning Resources and to your own posting.