To Prepare:<\/p>\n
Review the Congress website provided in the Resources and identify one recent (within the past 5 years) proposed health policy.<\/p>\n
Review the health policy you identified and reflect on the background and development of this health policy.<\/p>\n
Post\u00a0a description of the health policy you selected and a brief background for the problem or issue being addressed. Explain whether you believe there is an evidence base to support the proposed policy and explain why. Be specific and provide examples.<\/p>\n
APA format and 3 references <\/p>\n
Then respond to a peer with 2 references <\/p>\n
Peer 1 <\/p>\n
The healthcare policy I chose is S. 3098, S.3098 -is the Preventive Care Awareness Act of 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n
S. 3098 will\u00a0provide\u00a0national public\u00a0health\u00a0information\u00a0and\u00a0focus\u00a0on people in a lower income bracket\u00a0who\u00a0have\u00a0forgone\u00a0services during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0This bill\u00a0would\u00a0also create\u00a0a task\u00a0force to\u00a0promote\u00a0preventative\u00a0care\u00a0and\u00a0development programs\u00a0in rural\u00a0and\u00a0underserved\u00a0populations.\u00a0Its\u00a0primary\u00a0focus is\u00a0teaching\u00a0low-income\u00a0Americans the\u00a0benefits of\u00a0preventive\u00a0healthcare. This\u00a0bill\u00a0is\u00a0in\u00a0committee\u00a0and\u00a0has\u00a0bipartisan\u00a0support\u00a0(Bell et al., 2017).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reading\u00a0this proposed\u00a0bill,\u00a0I asked myself\u00a0whether\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0lower-income\u00a0Americans who\u00a0have\u00a0forgone\u00a0preventative\u00a0treatment\u00a0during\u00a0COVID\u00a0or Americans\u00a0in general.\u00a0Preventive\u00a0screenings\u00a0have\u00a0long\u00a0been\u00a0advocated as\u00a0one of the most\u00a0valuable\u00a0ways\u00a0to\u00a0facilitate early\u00a0diagnosis\u00a0and treatment\u00a0of\u00a0disease.\u00a0Cancer\u00a0screenings\u00a0have\u00a0helped\u00a0lower\u00a0the\u00a0US\u00a0cervical cancer death\u00a0rate\u00a0by\u00a050%\u00a0in\u00a0the last\u00a0three\u00a0decades (2022).\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the American Medical Association, more than 40% of Americans surveyed stopped preventative medical care as covid-19 began\u00a0(Timothy M. Smith,\u00a0Senior News Writer, 2020).\u00a0\u00a0This number included Americans of all economic levels. I believe no proof was found that only lower-income Americans skipped screenings during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the Joint Commission, patients with lower health literacy did not see the importance of\u00a0preventative\u00a0care during COVID-19\u00a0(The Joint Commission, 2022).\u00a0I believe\u00a0there is evidence-based\u00a0support for increasing education for all Americans regarding the importance of\u00a0preventive\u00a0health screenings, And indeed more teaching to Americans with a lower understanding of their health. This bill was given only a 3% chance of passing into law. I believe that\u00a0is partly\u00a0because it only attempts to reach lower-income populations and not all Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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