Before healthcare was only for people who qualified for it now, with Obama Care, everyone is allowed healthcare, which is both good and bad. It is bad because people who work hard for what they have are allowed healthcare; however for people who don’t work are allowed free healthcare, which is paid for by the taxes of the people who work hard for themselves. The U.S. economy focuses way more on trying to make sure everyone is “equal” and abiding by their rules and their expectations. The economy should worry less about who a person is with or where they came from, but why America is in the top ranks of per-pupil spending for healthcare per each capita. (Brownstein.) Through studies it is proven that teens in America are in the top ranks for teen pregnancy and obesity. (Brownstein.) Due to the high numbers with teen pregnancy and obesity, Americans education systems are now showing less impressive results and make the society fail as a whole. Rather than the economy worrying about why our teenage society are showing less than great education results, they’re more concerned with the weight of teens, why they’re getting bigger, why teen pregnancy is increasing so much. Teenagers are beginning to ruin America’s economy by dropping out of school because of pregnancies and not wanting to go to school because …show more content…
Under the family and medical leave act people in same sex marriages are now allowed to leave their job to go take care of a spouse with a serious health condition. (Gale.) All eligible employees no matter who they love or where they came from can get equal healthcare protection without fear of losing their jobs. Before the definition of spouse did not include those who were in the same sex marriages, but now with the FMLA protections, it is bases on where the marriage was taken not who you are married to.
One of the most controversial topics in the United States in recent years has been the route which should be undertaken in overhauling the healthcare system for the millions of Americans who are currently uninsured. It is important to note that the goal of the Affordable Care Act is to make healthcare affordable; it provides low-cost, government-subsidized insurance options through the State Health Insurance Marketplace (Amadeo 1). Our current president, Barack Obama, made it one of his goals to bring healthcare to all Americans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. This plan, which has been termed “Obamacare”, has come under scrutiny from many Americans, but has also received a large amount of support in turn for a variety of reasons. Some of these reasons include a decrease in insurance discrimination on the basis of health or gender and affordable healthcare coverage for the millions of uninsured. The opposition to this act has cited increased costs and debt accumulation, a reduction in employer healthcare coverage options, as well as a penalization of those already using private healthcare insurance.
Access to healthcare provides financial stability by assuring people that they will not be financially destroyed by injury or illness. Additionally, when people can afford regular medical care they tend to avoid chronic problems and financial stress. In a study provided by the American Medical Students Association, researchers reviewed the costs and benefits of universal health care. They came to the conclusion, after reviewing other articles and statistics from multiple sources, that, “The annual cost of diminished health and shorter life spans of Americans without insurance is $65-$130 billion.” (Chua 5) This comes from people not having adequate health care and then losing their jobs because they...
Until Obama-care, The United States was one of the only developed nations that did not provide some sort of health care for its citizens. To most other nations that do provide healthcare, it is because it is considered a human right that all people should be entitled to. That hasn’t been the case in America, however, where only those who could afford it could have healthcare plans. Those who stand to gain the most from universal healthcare are the already mentioned 45 million americans who currently don’t have any form of healthcare. For many of these individuals, there are many obstacles that prevent them from gaining healthcare. 80% of the 45 million are working class citizens, but either their employer doesn’t offer insurance, or they do but the individual can n...
Desai, William C. Miller, Betty Staples and Terrill Bravender. I believed that this was a credible source because all of the authors have a medical degree. This article provided similar data saying that the percentage of people ages 12 to 19 who were overweight or obese rapidly increased from 5% to 17% between 1976 and 2002 (Desai 109). From this document I learned that college years are known to influence the forms of our adult behaviors including diet, physical activity, and other habits. Being a college student, I knew that college was going to change my work ethic and ability to do achieve new responsibilities but I did not know that it could actually greatly affect our weight. In the source it states that results from “both the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey" show that the transition to adulthood, a high number of people become obese and remain obese (Desai 109). One way I thought of this transformation was the freshman fifteen. The source was able to identify patterns of obesity but they still have not fully discovered examples of obese behaviors. However, the authors of this paper were able to perform a study to at least suggest some examples of behaviors related to obesity. They examined data collected from an electronic survey
The Economy has suffered through the worst great depression and it is hardly showing any recovery. The United States has taken a turn for the worst since the depression started. The US has been doing new methods, and that is not normal or what we have been accustom to. When the economy is at its worse it puts a negative spin on the health care system. We had to deal with budgets cuts, people losing their jobs, and also people n...
Everyone having health care is a way that the government wants to equalize its citizens. As Kurt Vonnegut would say, “everybody was finally equal” (Vonnegut 1.) Unfortunately, everyone does not have the luxury to afford health insurance. The government then came up government healthcare that would try to put everyone a step closer to being on the same socioeconomic level. Some people believe that government healthcare is a good, but it comes with pros and cons. One of the pros is that everyone will have access to health care. On the other hand, there are new taxes installed for people who earn over a certain threshold or businesses in the health care
Half of the 50 million people in the U.S are currently uninsured. The new healthcare laws were intended to expand health insurance coverage, but one trade association warned that it will end of driving 60 million manufacturing workers out of coverage supplied by their employers over the next decade unless it was fixed before that occurs.(Newton-Small). Companies offered health coverage to their employers but certain laws prevented them from giving some benefits, forcing them into something that is called a one sized fit's all system. Basically like a waiting list. The problem with the one sized fit all system is that healthcare is just simply too large and complexed to manage at a government level. This is a system the government created that they cannot fix. The charge of Obama care would dump 60 million workers into the laws state and federal insurance exchanges which lead to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With the economy down, the ACA is far from being aff...
2. The twin problems of the health care industry as viewed by society are cost and access. First of all, the cost of getting health care is very high and it is getting higher each day. This has been mostly caused by the combination of high cost and an increase in quantity of services provided to the communities. The other problem involves access to health care. American enjoy limited or no access to health care. Many efforts have been done to reform this, but still but still many people are left without access to the care. These two problems are related due to the fact that if the health care industry gets to high off course people no longer will be able to have any access to it. The higher prices are, the lower access people have to it.
“After World War II, it was straightforward for other countries to move from minimal coverage to universal programs because they had few private interests to contend with. Americans, on the other hand, had a vested interest in their private system. Employers and employees wanted to keep insurance as a tax-free job perk, while healthcare providers wanted to protect their income.”
Healthcare is the maintenance or restoration of health by treatment from trained and licensed professionals (Webster). The American people faced many issues with the way the healthcare system is split up. There are four basic healthcare models the United States usescurrently. First, PBS describes that the Beveridge model, covered/ran by the government, through tax payments. This is the only model used in Great Britain but in America it only covers veterans and soldiers, in Great Britain everyone in the country has coverage by it . Another system model the US takes up is the Bismarck model,it helps people to buy their own health insurance through their employer (Healthcare Economist). Three main countries that use this model are Japan, Switzerland, and Germany whose ex-leader, Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck, created the Bismarck method of health care. Which not only covers 90% of their country but allowsthe rich 10% opt out (Reid&Palfreman). An Americans third model option takes of the ideas of both Beveridge and Bismarck and its name is the National Health Insurance (NHI), which Taiwan operates with. The NHI allows private providers to become a choice even though citizens. These four systems have been used for decades and President Obama has put a bill together to propose a change in America'shealthcare. The Affordable Care Act [Obamacare], will give coverage through employers, help people find their own insurance, or government coverage through Medicare for the elderly, and Medicaid for a 1/3 of others (KFF). Medicaid is offered for those with low income, but only states with governors and legislators who approve for this one actually benefit the KFF (Kaiser family foundation) explained. Those who don't have or want health insuranc...
Health care can benefit everyone and their different income values. Health care should be required and the risk of spending on insurance should be taken even if many Americans believe they do not need health insurance. There are always possibilities of emergencies occurring and in need of insurance for the high costs of medical care. I personally believe and argued my opinion that health care needs to be required for everyone. To conclude my argument, I have argued that there are more benefits to have healthcare insurance required and that everyone in America deserves a happy and healthy
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As previously stated it does not, however, mean that Healthcare is free, nor does it mean that everyone will get every type of testing available. Regardless of which type of healthcare system America has people have always been left behind. The “Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care act.” Is structured to incorporate an integrated system that would essentially be Universal Healthcare. That would also mean that an insured person 's rates would not be increased to cover the uninsured. Universal Healthcare is a moral and just obligation. By promoting the health of our citizens, we then promote our infrastructure as well. Although it is not free and it will take time and effort to implement. It is worth an extra tax and the extra effort to ensure a Healthy and prosperous
In American teenage pregnancy has always been a problem, but in the last decade is has decreased drastically. Most teens in America do not plan to get pregnant at this age, so in order to prevent losing this childhood, most teen has an abortion. (Finer) stated “71% of the teens between the ages 18-19, that get pregnant have abortions” (114 – table 4). At the age of 18-19 most of these teenagers are either in their first year of college or not even done with high school. Therefore, at this age these teenagers haven’t even figured out what they want to do with their lives. As I sated before, having a child requires time and money, and these are the two thing that most teenagers don’t have. As a first year college student, I personally know how
Teens today face a lot of pressure. Many students deal with difficult life situations that hinder them from focusing on their futures. This can lead to a loss of interest in school and school events, such as a sports, clubs, or after school programs. Teens start to prioritize other things over their education. Every year, over 1.2 million students will leave school without earning a high school diploma in the United States alone (“11”). That’s a student every 26 seconds – or 7,000 a day (“11”). The United States, which used to have the highest graduation rates of any country, now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries (“11”). Students may not realize that by dropping out of high school they are more likely to commit crimes, become parents at a young age, use and abuse alcohol and drugs, and live in poverty (“Drop”). Dropouts make up the majority of those