Community/Public Health Nursing 6th Edition by Mary Nies ,Melanie McEwen

Exercise 16

The health care system in the United States is complex, with social policies that favor pluralism, free choice, and free enterprise. The private sector personal care subsystem provides the majority of care to individuals. The private sector includes nonprofit agencies, for-profit agencies, and voluntary organizations. The public health subsystem provides limited personal care services for socially marginalized populations but, for the most part, subsidizes the private sector through Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement to provide these services.