Once people start to see the decrease in health disparities among the Bourgeoisies and Proletariats politicians would be able to gain more trust from the people in the U.S society. China is a country that has universal health care. In spite of this country being ranked the top ten for best global healthcare they are still faced with an economic crisis. In sociology I learned about how people in each social class have different ways of living and expectations from the government. The upper class would not want to have the same healthcare as someone in the lower class or working class.
P3-Explain patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groupings M2- Compare sociological explanations for different patterns and trends D1- Evaluate the way patterns and trends in health and illness are measured Researches into health inequalities in the UK were published between 2005 and 2007. The life expectancy between those who live in the less fortunate parts of the country compared to the affluent parts of the country is 11 years. This could be due to the fact that people who are less wealthy than others usually don't get the best treatment when it comes to poor health. Compared to those who can afford private doctors, they will receive the best treatment needed. This is due to social class.
Americans do not want to spend their hard earned dollars on programs from which they will not see direct benefits. This phenomenon is where universal health care can play not only an economic role, but also a role in the social trends of the nation. If everyone was part of the same health care policy, a larger sense of community and “certain civic responsibilities” would emerge (Universal Access 3). Harvard’s Law review panel names this idea the “communitarian theory”, or, in other words, the concept that constituents will start to understand that disease and health are issues that affect everyone, even you my fellow representatives (Universal Access 3). This effect will in turn make universal health care not simply a matter of economics, but also a moralizing issue.
There has been another increase in improved medical practice as recently, bypass surgery and other similar developments have reduced heart disease and its related deaths by one third. Public health measures and environmental improvements are more reasons for the falling death rate since 1900. There have been improvements in housing (including better ventilation, and less overcrowded houses), improved sewage disposal methods which helped increase the level of hygiene in areas and purer drinking water which raised the health of citizens. Also, the Clean Air Acts reduced pollution which impacted on the number of deaths. Other social changes which are more reasons for the decline
laterality issue much like amputation of the incorrect limb); I believe that this does deserve to be compensated accordingly and not be capped. Outrageous verdicts are undermining the healthcare system; causing malpractice to rise and leading to increase in physician charges to compensate for these charges. I truly do not believe that it should be an uneducated (medically) jury members making the decision as to price yet should be educated medical professionals along with a judge that makes such decision. A uniform federal cap of $250,000 dollars is definitely a start, but is not the answer to what troubles today’s healthcare system. It’s the initiation of Obamacare, erroneous lawsuits, and the pure lack of thought that comes from our congressmen as it relates to decisions from the Centers of Medicaid and Medicare that leads to our troublesome and futuristically failing healthcare system.
The demand for healthcare is unswervingly discovered to be inelastic. The span of price elasticity is relatively wide, meaning that a one percent increase in the price of healthcare will lead to 0.17 percent reduction in healthcare expenditures (Ringel, 2012). According to Ringel (2012), the demand for health is also found to be income inelastic. On a positive note elasticity measures that the income increases as well as the demand for health care services also increases. Although the demand is small, it is still an increase.
Aakash Patel Dr. Richard Scotch Sociology 4372 12/10/14 Why haven’t we made a change? America has the best doctors and the best medical facilities, but the overall health care system is ranked pretty low. The country does not take full advantage of the resources that we have due to a broken health care system in the country. T.R. Reid shows that other countries has a lot better health system than does the USA and we could learn from them.
The overall prevalence of self-reported hypertension was 24.4%, with lower prevalence amongst Hispanics than among non-Hispanics. In general, although Blacks had the highest prevalence of hypertension, the prevalence estimates were also higher in non-Hispanic Blacks. Hispanic Blacks who had a college degree or more and those with less than a high school diploma had similar prevalence of hypertension. Also Blacks with an income of $55 000 or more had a higher prevalence of hypertension than Whites regardless of their
Having a third of our population without healthcare may sound bad; however, some would argue that we are sticking to the roots of our founding fathers who wanted the power to be in the people. They wanted less government control and more individual responsibility to make it or break it. When referring to the idea of “make it or break it”, in this sense, it refers to whether or not the people were successful enough to pay for healthcare or whether they were less fortunate and were not successful enough to pay for health care. This is what makes America so great, while it does create a third of the population to have no healthcare, it generates brilliant thinkers and entrepreneurs that makes our great society what it has become today. Having a third of the population without healthcare allows hard working Americans that own businesses, or who have worked hard to make the amount of money they have, to be taxed fairly and not to have to pay higher taxes for other Americans who were less fortunate and could not afford healthcare.
Patients who were admitted came to the hospitals much sicker, and you had more folks to care for at the same time, with less help. This was not fair to you or those in your care. Conclusion Managed care was born out of a good idea, basically to help curb the rising cost of health care. In essence it should have been the answer. But because of the greediness of some just as in other models what started out as good ended up not being able to provide the quality care at an affordable price like was promised.