Currently, in the Obama administration, several acts have been passed to overhaul the healthcare system today. President Obama has also put healthcare reform as his top domestic priority. Both administrations, past and current, have attempted to enact several different policies in terms of healthcare reform; this essay seeks to examine the differences and similarities between the two while analyzing the social, economic, and political environments for the times the policies were discussed and/or implemented. Due to the increasing numbers of the population without healthcare, this problem continues to be an intense area of debate. According to author Michelle Andrews, healthcare remains a top domestic issue…but the candidates are focusing on major reform, and, when referring to healthcare reform, they generally focus on two primary areas: accessibility and affordability (Andrews, p.32).
The waters become murky, however, when one takes into account the amount of resources allocated to providing some services or procedures to certain patients. In Plato’s argument, he asserts that essentially, healthcare should be served in a manner that reflects the interests of the greater good. At what point does the greater good become more important than an individual though? Dr. Craig Wax asserts that in Plato’s society “physicians responded to the needs of the state by devoting resources to the workers, in the process ignoring the elderly, very young, critically ill, and those who were considered genetically inferior. Such practices can lead to vile immorality and atrocities.” By all accounts, empathy is one of the most important qualities in a humane society.
When we examine the issue it mostly focuses on the people to people interactions; which in most cases are physician to patient, the entire health care system, and the health care policies defined by the government (Lawrence R. Wu, 001). The thought of economics is made up of scarcity and the lack thereof and in the health care field there is plenty of that to go around. In which someone (someone being the government) has to govern the goods and services provided along with the quantity and how to allocate them to the economy. Right now there is a huge debate whether or not we as Americans should endorse the Obama Health Care plan which provides equal health care for all. Obama Care is all about fixing some of the flaws we have in our health care system, and making health care affordable for the public.
America has their reservations that a universal health may not work because of its lack of choices and freedoms. There are pros and cons to having a universal health care system. For one, a universal health care offers free health services to people that cannot afford health care the services they need. The cons, is that a universal health care system often results in long wait times for patients and not everyone may receive the type of care that they need. The rising cost of health care has cause the government to step in and control regulations and spending; thus creating a health care reform system.
Given this fact, many expectant parents are asking, “Where do these defects come from?” What are the common birth defects? How can we make sure that our baby comes out strong and healthy? Nevertheless, birth defect statistics Say that about half of these cases happen with causes unknown. Now with being able to choose certain genes and playing around with the DNA of your unborn child, these “birth defects” can be easily avoided according to some doctors. Pros of Designer Babies Genetic screening can reduce the baby's chances of being born with several serious diseases like Down Syndrome, Famial hypercholesterolemia, rare blood disorders such as Diamond Blackfan Anaemia, etc.
These problems carry overwhelming costs to individuals who have scant resources to spare and to the majority of taxpayers, both of whom struggle with the burden of attempting to manage healthcare costs on a crisis-by-crisis basis. This is a problem that can, and should be rectified by our government officials. The World Health Organization defines health as: “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1995). Our nation as a whole is far from healthy according to this definition the well-being of our nation is in serious danger. The term "social class" originally referred to groups of people holding similar roles in the economic processes of production and exchange, such as landowner or tenant, employer or employee.
Vaccinations can help prevent future diseases or viruses in the upcoming life of a child. According to an article from vaccines.gov, “Because of advances in medical science, your child can be protected against more diseases than ever before. Some diseases that once injured or killed thousands of children, have been eliminated completely and others are close to extinction- primarily due to stay safe and effective vaccinations.” Throughout the years more viruses have been prevented due to vaccinations in children. There has also been an increase in the amount of children that get vaccinations at a young age. Also stated in the article from vaccines.gov, “ Vaccines are only given to children after a long and careful review by scientists, doctors, and healthcare professionals.
To begin, single parent adoption also benefits the adoptive parents. Middle-aged parents, who didn’t get the opportunity to find a mate to conceive with, have a new opportunity to form a family. People who have fertility issues, (one of the top 20 causes for divorces in the US since 2005 according to the census) have an opportunity to have a child in their life. Although this is true, in single parent adoption, if the parent dies, the child becomes an orphan again. Next we will discuss how single parents tend to have more financial and emotional stability.
Those might be the thought of parents who have not lived the pre vaccination era. Vaccination has been around since the 18th century and compulsory vaccination has been around since 1855 when Massachusetts was the first US state to pass a law mandating vaccinations for schoolchildren, followed by New York (1862), Connecticut (1872), Indiana (1881), and Arkansas (1882). Since then vaccines have been improved to save many more lives of children and adults. Even though there have been laws to enforce vaccination school children, there has also been exemptions, such as philosophical exemptions and religious exemptions. Even though there has been a
But if we stop taking vaccination for such diseases, it may come back. Vaccination is just not to protect ourselves and our children. It is to protect the entire future generation. Unless the disease is 100% eliminated from the entire world, it’s important to keep taking vaccines. If more parents have their children vaccinated, then more children in the community will be protected against catching an illness.