After researching the 10 leading causes of death in the United states, I discovered that they were heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, accidents, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, nephritis and suicide. Heart disease being the leading cause of death is surprising to me because that is an illness that can relatively be controlled. Heart disease can be caused by unhealthy diet, smoking, lack of exercise and being overweight. Since this is known to everyone that heart disease is a huge risk, it's surprising that more people so not take more action to reduce this risk. In my opinion, a disease that can be controlled by just keeping yourself healthy, should not be a leading cause of death.
“Obama Care” Health Care Statement of Ethics and Rationale By Kevin M. Ali, Doctoral Candidate “Obama Care” A Statement of Ethics and Rationale President Obama (2008) representing the public interest proposed Modern Health Care for All Americans. The Obama health care plan constitutes important public policy that exposes a challenging ethical dilemma in the current business environment. The fundamental considerations of health care reform involve various morally relevant factors that express straightforward goals that seem well-matched with consequentialist ethics. According to Salladay (2006), consequentialist ethics takes the view that ethical choices are relative to the context in which they must be made and should be guided by the desired outcomes, which must be beneficial (p. 24). Ethics, market integrity, and the role of regulation in facilitating market integrity have major implications for private industry, government, political groups, and special interest groups.
This is also invalid because it is better to pay taxes rather than over priced medical bills. The last con is that people will have a longer wait time. That is also invalid because the more people that visit the more of a demand there will be for Doctors. A universal health care system would extend care to all Americans regardless of social status or bank account. Health care has become extremely unaffordable for both businesses and individuals.
Background Approximately 15,000 people die each year by overdosing on opioids, a rate that has more than tripled since 1990 (Wermeling, 2012). The annual incidence of opioid over dose associated mortality on a nationwide scale has been difficult to assess due to incomplete reporting systems (Leavitt, S.2010) as well as more than half of over doses go unreported for fears of repercussions (kuehn,2014). In Massachusetts these over doses have killed more than car crashes each year since 2005 (Wermeling, 2012). The government had tried numerous strategies to reduce the death toll, including imposing stricter regulations on prescribing medications, prosecuting owners of “pill mills” who dispense the drugs without proper medical evaluation, and tracking data bases to monitor and discourage “doctor shopping” among addicts (Szalvitz,2013). Addiction often begins with a legitimate opioid
Rather than reverse the problems they purport to fix, these unwarranted procedures can often lead to greater health problems and even death. A 1995 report by Milliman & Robertson, Inc. concluded that nearly 60 percent of all surgeries performed are medically unnecessary, according to Under The Influence of Modern Medicine by Terry A. Rondberg. Some of the most major and frequently performed unnecessary surgeries include hysterectomies, Cesarean sections and coronary artery bypass surgeries. Coronary bypasses are the most common unnecessary surgeries in America In a nation plagued by heart disease, it often seems that the knee-jerk reaction of American doctors is to treat heart problems with surgery. However, many of the heart surgeries performed each year are unnecessary procedures that could be putting the patients' lives at greater risk.
Improvements in surgical technique, in the preservation of organs and in anti-rejection therapy have opened up the live-saving option of organ transplantation to thousands more patients each year. Improvements in the care of patients with advanced chronic illness have also boosted the numbers of potential organ recipients. In the United States, for example, 63,782 patients were on the National Transplant Waiting List on June 30, 1999. Despite this need, only20,961 transplants were performed the previous year, because organs were available from just 9,913 donors. This critical shortage of donor organs is considered the number-one issue inorgan transplantation, because many more lives could have been saved.
Persuasive Researched Essay Assignment Samantha Landers Communication Essentials-34(COMM1016-13W-20915) Professor Robin Parkes Monday, April 01, 2013 Research Essay The popularity of tanning salons around the world continue to grow, despite overwhelming evidence linking the use of tanning beds to very serious illnesses, including deadly skin cancers. One would think given the choice between the possibility of dying or looking good would be a no brainer decision, yet when people are given the opportunity to exercise their freedom of choice; people choose vanity over death time and time again. It is this inability or unwillingness to make the right choice to protect themselves or loved ones from the dangers of tanning beds, that forces the government and health officials to take the next step. The urgency for a total ban on the use of tanning beds is obvious; tanning beds are a hazard to public health, public safety and awareness surrounding the use of tanning beds are at risk given the difficulty involved with the enforcement of existing regulations and bans and lastly, although the choice to use tanning beds maybe individual the consequences of these choices impact all of society. The dangers and risks associated with the use of tanning beds far outweigh the benefits, which reinforce the need for a total ban of tanning beds.
They believe that the lack of preventative care, and the resulting poorer health, places an even higher burden on the taxpayer then universal coverage would. The booklet Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations (2004), by the Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, is an informative source for information on this timely and relevant topic. Based on this group of reports it is clear that health care coverage should be universal. The size of the uninsured population in many areas has led to the erosion of vital services like physicians practices, public health services, and emergency centers, because significant funds had to be redirected to the care of the uninsured. The nation’s economy has been affected, because of poorer health, with a 65 to 130 billion estimated annual cost.
Extra Credit Assignment HSA 535 Dr. Paul Emeka March 24, 2014 Abstract This paper will focus on the views of epidemiology, it will give informative information on the content about health care, it will discuss views on changed and it discuss the best way to apply the principle of epidemiology. Health care services can be made to be responsive to the prevailing population conditions, such as diseases and deaths from certain conditions, and increases in the minority and elderly subgroups. Your views on the role of epidemiology. Include informative content about health care in general and public health in particular in actively and vigilantly addressing health concerns in the United States and abroad.
Analyze the main causes of a major problem in our society National Health Care Even before the recession cost millions of Americans their jobs a full 15% of the American population did not have health insurance and the majority of them worked full time (CDC, 2007). Indeed, while Americans equate work with health insurance the truth is that aboot 20% of working age Americans, people between 18 and 64 years of age, do not have health insurance (CDC, 2007). These numbers may seem small. However, additional investigation will show that this is only a small part of the problem in the country. The issue is not that all employers do not offer health insurance, but that Americans view health insurance as something only employers offer.