One of the most debatable topics that is challenged today is the issue of healthcare. Although the United States has been trying to provide healthcare for all, the United States fails to supply all of its citizens for insurable healthcare compared to other countries. Compared to the illusion of majority citizens having health insurance, in reality 43% of low income Americans went without medical care due to cost, compared to the range of 8% in Britain and 31% in Switzerland in 2016 (Fox). Today, there are 28.4 million people in the United States who are under the age of 65 that are uninsured (Health Insurance Coverage). Workers who can not afford health care live day by day making enough money to support their family and can not afford a day
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While in Maine, working under The Maids, Ehrenreich learns about the qualms of Holly. While working, Holly continually experiences pain in her body, until her ankle snaps. Ehrenreich then exclaims that Holly has to go “to an emergency room..get it X-rayed right away”, but when confronting her boss Ted about his lack of care for employee health, he tells her to “calm down” while “Holly is hopping around the bathroom, wiping up pubic hairs” (Ehrenreich). Despite being in the millenia where reform is omnipresent, concern over protecting the company is in higher regard to employee care, as seen through Ted’s dismissal of both Ehrenreich and Holly. As providing his employees with health insurance or slightly higher wages to ensure they can obtain proper healthcare would lessen Ted’s prestige and overall net worth as a company owner, Holly and other employees take the fall. This example exemplifies how the world of health insurance becomes a matter of money versus morals for businesses. In Maine with Ted and The Maids, money reigns supreme, but over in the Bay Area, health insurance takes a different …show more content…
Saltzstein’s points on the positive and negative effects of insured healthcare on an organization are supported by the statements and statistics by Dr. Ravi Hundal. A family practice doctor as well as the CFO of JMMG, Dr. Hundal explains the cost of health insurance that doctors receive while working at JMMG. In a company that employs 327 doctors, JMMG has an annual cost of $26,400 for doctor and dependant health insurance, totaling out at $8,632,800 per year (Hundal). While this benefits JMMG employees immensely and helps with the reputation of JMMG by holding “happy” employees, the economic costs are quite severe. However, JMMG has taken strides in order to ensure that the majority of their patients have health insurance, as they get a “35% discount for services”, and because of these efforts, those who are reportedly self-pay are less than 2% of all patients at JMMG (Hundal). Despite the drawbacks, the positives of health insurance on both companies and their employees (or patients) outweighs the negatives, and health insurance provided by businesses as well as dealing with those who have health insurance has grown across
While in Maine, working under The Maids, Ehrenreich learns about the qualms of Holly. While working, Holly continually experiences pain in her body, until her ankle snaps. Ehrenreich then exclaims that Holly has to go “to an emergency room..get it X-rayed right away”, but when confronting her boss Ted about his lack of care for employee health, he tells her to “calm down” while “Holly is hopping around the bathroom, wiping up pubic hairs” (Ehrenreich). Despite being in the millenia where reform is omnipresent, concern over protecting the company is in higher regard to employee care, as seen through Ted’s dismissal of both Ehrenreich and Holly. As providing his employees with health insurance or slightly higher wages to ensure they can obtain proper healthcare would lessen Ted’s prestige and overall net worth as a company owner, Holly and other employees take the fall. This example exemplifies how the world of health insurance becomes a matter of money versus morals for businesses. In Maine with Ted and The Maids, money reigns supreme, but over in the Bay Area, health insurance takes a different …show more content…
Saltzstein’s points on the positive and negative effects of insured healthcare on an organization are supported by the statements and statistics by Dr. Ravi Hundal. A family practice doctor as well as the CFO of JMMG, Dr. Hundal explains the cost of health insurance that doctors receive while working at JMMG. In a company that employs 327 doctors, JMMG has an annual cost of $26,400 for doctor and dependant health insurance, totaling out at $8,632,800 per year (Hundal). While this benefits JMMG employees immensely and helps with the reputation of JMMG by holding “happy” employees, the economic costs are quite severe. However, JMMG has taken strides in order to ensure that the majority of their patients have health insurance, as they get a “35% discount for services”, and because of these efforts, those who are reportedly self-pay are less than 2% of all patients at JMMG (Hundal). Despite the drawbacks, the positives of health insurance on both companies and their employees (or patients) outweighs the negatives, and health insurance provided by businesses as well as dealing with those who have health insurance has grown across