HSM542
Week 7: COURSE
PROJECT
Keller Graduate School of Management
Health Rights and Responsibilities:
HSM542
Introduction
There are numerous ethical issues with organ transplants, especially when it comes to the
funding is by the Government, which is owned by Medicare. Organ transplant is the
involvement of removing one individual body organ to the body part of a recipient. With
organ donations, many patient’s lives have been saved, simply because of this procedure
being available. When it comes to the funding from Medicare, organ transplants, there is a
large concern from many Americans regarding unethical practices. This involves them on the
decision of who will actually benefits from the resources in which the funding comes from.
Ultimately, one of the ultimate solutions to the problem, is the measures progenitive
implementation. However, this leads to a concern of organ failure, but there are some short
term solutions that can actually minimize ethical concerns, in the US, which surround organ
transplants. We will discuss and evaluate some of the ethical issues concerns when it comes
to the Medicare funding for organ transplants, there will be some suggestions to the problem,
and there will be some recommendations offered. (Forsythe, 2012).
Background
, The American health care system has been under scrutiny when it comes to unfairness to the
citizen on health care services distribution. The contribution to this is because of the
inadequate failure from the government when it comes to funding for healthcare. While the
American population continue to increase when it comes to the need for health services, the
government, themselves, are not able to keep up, even though there is many accusations of
healthcare delivery inequality. When it comes to the middle class citizens, most of them
can’t afford the necessary medical treatment, such organ transplants or dialysis. If, only,
ethical practices were adhered to when it come to the medical service deliver, the then
number of deaths in America from patient with curable illness would decrease. However, it
should definitely be noted, when it comes to the demands of health care, the availability to
Americans for expertise and machinery has been exceeded. Having a shortage, for example,
on dialysis machines caused covered patients under Medicare suffer because of it being an
inadequate tool. Therefore, the struggling families, that would raise money for their loved
ones for dialysis treatment, saw this as a great relief for organ transplant. (Lally & Schultz,
2006).
Increasing Need For Organ Transplant
There has been extremely high demand when it comes to organ transplant, and this is what
caused the government to have Medicare become more involved. This was in order to offer
this particular resource to all patients that are
either definitely in need or are well deserving. During the time of the 1960’s, the
government was ensuring that every patient incapable of meeting expenses for the organ
transplant, should be allowed access to the Medicare resource that was available. However,
there is an increase when it come to the demand of organ transplants over the years. There
has been many strategies in place which has now caused a big gap of ensuring patients a fair
distribution being provided when it comes to this particular resource. Because of this, it has
Week 7: COURSE
PROJECT
Keller Graduate School of Management
Health Rights and Responsibilities:
HSM542
Introduction
There are numerous ethical issues with organ transplants, especially when it comes to the
funding is by the Government, which is owned by Medicare. Organ transplant is the
involvement of removing one individual body organ to the body part of a recipient. With
organ donations, many patient’s lives have been saved, simply because of this procedure
being available. When it comes to the funding from Medicare, organ transplants, there is a
large concern from many Americans regarding unethical practices. This involves them on the
decision of who will actually benefits from the resources in which the funding comes from.
Ultimately, one of the ultimate solutions to the problem, is the measures progenitive
implementation. However, this leads to a concern of organ failure, but there are some short
term solutions that can actually minimize ethical concerns, in the US, which surround organ
transplants. We will discuss and evaluate some of the ethical issues concerns when it comes
to the Medicare funding for organ transplants, there will be some suggestions to the problem,
and there will be some recommendations offered. (Forsythe, 2012).
Background
, The American health care system has been under scrutiny when it comes to unfairness to the
citizen on health care services distribution. The contribution to this is because of the
inadequate failure from the government when it comes to funding for healthcare. While the
American population continue to increase when it comes to the need for health services, the
government, themselves, are not able to keep up, even though there is many accusations of
healthcare delivery inequality. When it comes to the middle class citizens, most of them
can’t afford the necessary medical treatment, such organ transplants or dialysis. If, only,
ethical practices were adhered to when it come to the medical service deliver, the then
number of deaths in America from patient with curable illness would decrease. However, it
should definitely be noted, when it comes to the demands of health care, the availability to
Americans for expertise and machinery has been exceeded. Having a shortage, for example,
on dialysis machines caused covered patients under Medicare suffer because of it being an
inadequate tool. Therefore, the struggling families, that would raise money for their loved
ones for dialysis treatment, saw this as a great relief for organ transplant. (Lally & Schultz,
2006).
Increasing Need For Organ Transplant
There has been extremely high demand when it comes to organ transplant, and this is what
caused the government to have Medicare become more involved. This was in order to offer
this particular resource to all patients that are
either definitely in need or are well deserving. During the time of the 1960’s, the
government was ensuring that every patient incapable of meeting expenses for the organ
transplant, should be allowed access to the Medicare resource that was available. However,
there is an increase when it come to the demand of organ transplants over the years. There
has been many strategies in place which has now caused a big gap of ensuring patients a fair
distribution being provided when it comes to this particular resource. Because of this, it has
