Health Care Environment Today

In the health care environment today, physician does not have the luxury of practicing medicine alone. Physicians have to deal with the legal system, medical malpractice, doctor’s liability, medical records, public duties of the physician, ethical, and bioethical issues. These concerns have driven the health care cost to an all-time high, and in some cases, doctors are changing careers (Obama cares, 2020).

In this essay the author will discuss some of the critical regulatory issues in health care, including cost, availability, access, and quality of care. The author will discuss some of the issues concerning the prevalence of the affordable health care act, and discuss some of the pros and cons critical issues in deploying affordable health care for Americans while bringing down the cost at emergency rooms for undocumented and illegal aliens.

The most prevalent case involving a critical regulatory issue today is affordable health care also known as “Obama care.” Obama care is the most critical regulatory issues in health care in the history of America with Social Security, and Medicaid Medicare second and third respectively. The Obama administration's health care law is already poise to cost billions in regulatory costs. However, some are skeptical that the possible burdens that the government and businesses will have to bear in an effort to comply with Obama care may cause the economy to struggle (Cohen, Arch, & Allison, 2009).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Treasury have already issued thousands of new rules and regulations, including 26 regulations, 60 notices, four revenue rulings, seven revenue procedures, and 16 regulations that families have to comply with. Se