Kathryn Moultrie
Week 4
Saint Joseph’s College Maine Activities State Government Performs for Health Care
The government plays an important role in the quality of the U. S. health care system. Regulatory healthcare power is shared among federal and state governments. States governments have a leading governing role of regulating constituents in their jurisdiction (Niles, 2018). Some of the main constituents in the health care industry are; providers, consumers payers and vendors. The government’s role in healthcare is also to provide healthcare coverage, which has evolved into being a regulatory body that ensures; the poor and children will be able to receive health care as well as the elderly (Niles, 2018).
The government involvement on the state level is responsible for many services which are important to the overall operation of the system. One of the most important roles that the government plays in our U. S. health care system is social regulation, in the healthcare industry that can impact an individual’s safety (Niles, 2018). However, controlling supervision is handled at the state level as well as federal and local government levels (Niles, 2018). …show more content…
The U.S government at present time is very active and prevalent in the health care system. There is much responsibility and activity that takes place between the various bodies of the system. The governments’ involvement on the state level is responsible for many services which are important to the overall operation of the system. The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services is the most important federal agency in health care (HHS) (Niles,