If the plans are designed properly, it will increase preventative care and on average will consumers will receive a high level of health care. Currently, President Obama has introduced health care reform to Congress. The proposal would make health care coverage more affordable, make health insurers more accountable, expand health coverage to all Americans, and make the health care sustainable. It would stabilize the family budget, the federal budget, and the economy. It would make insurance more affordable and making tax cuts for the middle class.
It was also stated that he affected Interstate Commerce which was regulated federally. There was a Supreme Court ruling that ruled in the favor of Roscoe Filburn. The rationale was that if Roscoe Filburn did not produce his own wheat he would have had to purchase wheat on the open market. Roscoe v Filburn was one of the earlier cases that displayed the Federal government widening the interpretation of the Commerce Clause away from the initial intent of federal regulation for the intent of non-hindrance of interstate commerce. Another example is Philadelphia v. Jersey 1978.
According to the Census Bureau’s March 2007 and 2008 Current Population Survey, 17.7% of people in Georgia don’t have health insurance. An estimated 18,000 die each year in the U.S. because they lack medical
To go along with the 4,400 Americans that wont be coming home to their families, there were over 32,000 Americans wounded in this war. So was this $4 trillion dollar war really wort our time and the lives it cost us? I say no, I feel we spent far too long helping a country that wanted nothing but for us to leave their country for years. We have cost too many lives, and have changed too many lives with injuries to justify a war where we simply just pull out. The results did not justify the losses America took, including how negative our image has become over the years, the financial hole we dug ourselves into, and the way we've affected Americans for the
Health care is probably one of the most talked about topics nationwide. Even more so after the 2010 Affordable Health Care bill was executed. Some changes have already been placed in effect, but some major changes will be implemented in 2014 that will affect everyone in health care fields; more or less so Health insurance Specialists. This will be the result of many more Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). I do this will affect health insurance specialist but only for the better rather than worse.
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE The Healthcare Industry is a 2.8 trillion dollar industry. From issues like personal bank-ruptcy, overpaid executives in the healthcare industry, inconsistent pricing from health care pro-viders and hospitals and patients not able to afford to have health care, there was a need for health care reform. Due to several inefficiencies that drove up the cost of healthcare, a reduced standard of care to patients, and Americans that could not afford to have health care, the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. Some of the key goals of the ACA were to reduce the rate of health care spending and the burden it placed on families, businesses, employers and state and federal budgets as well as improving the quality of care provided to patients. One of the provisions in the ACA is that all Americans are required to have health insurance.
According to the U.S. House of Representatives, majority of nursing homes do not have enough staff to meet the levels recommended by federal officials; the levels recommended are 3.45 nursing hours per patient daily. Senior’s usually lose their primary care physician, who is most familiar with the patient’s medical history and conditions, when they enter a nursing home. As a result of entering a new living environment, elders are given a doctor who has minimal knowledge when it comes to their medical history, and unfortunately physicians in nursing homes have an overload of patients and are constantly in a rush. Under federal law, physicians in nursing facilities are only required to see the resident once every thirty days for the first ninety days after a new patient is admitted to the nursing home. After the
Another 9.7 million are non-citizens, but the Census Bureau does not distinguish in its estimate between documented and undocumented migrants. It has been estimated that nearly one fifth of the uninsured population is able to afford insurance, almost one quarter is eligible for public coverage, and the remaining 56% need financial assistance (8.9% of all Americans). An estimated 5 million of those without health insurance are considered "uninsurable" because of pre-existing conditions The costs of treating the uninsured must often be absorbed by providers as charity care, passed on to the insured via cost-shifting and higher health insurance premiums, or paid by taxpayers through higher taxes. Since people who lack health insurance are unable to obtain timely medical care, they have a 40 percent higher risk of death in any given year than those with health insurance, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study estimated that in 2005 in the United States, there were 45,000 deaths associated with lack of health insurance.
It is not alright that there are 45.7 million people without insurance, while political leaders and almost everyone is insured. According to Dr. Sara Collins, an economist, and Vice President for Affordable Health Insurance at the Commonwealth (2010), “Nearly two-thirds of the 45.7 million uninsured people under age 65 have incomes that are less than 200% of poverty, or about $44,100 per year for a family of four” (p. 3). As you can see, these are people who are working, but do not have the proper health care insurance that their family needs and should have access to. There is no doubt that the system needs to be
The Issue of Poverty and Hunger By: Nolan Kibit Lit III 2nd Hour One in seven people die of hunger, and 2.2 million children die each year because they are not immunized .Many people do not know how large of an effect poverty has on the health crisis that we face. Poverty is an important global issue because it plays a role in the estimated one billion people who lack access to health care systems. Health issues are a main concern for countries with high poverty populations. Poverty effects the way we act and live, and our health effects the way that we behave in the real world. Poverty effects our health in many ways including mental health and diseases, access to vaccinations, malnutrition, and attaining adequate healthcare.