Elijah Alsop
Social Problems
Trimester Project
Miss Osterman
The U.S. Health Care Problem
What is a Social Problem?
The United States healthcare crisis is a social problem. A social problem is some aspect of society that people are concerned about and would like changed. A social problem is not a natural disaster like hurricanes and tornados. The two essential components of a social problem are an objective condition, which is a condition of society that can be measured or experienced, and a subjective concern, which is the concern that a lot of people or powerful people have about the objective condition. When society changes, so do social problems, so they are dynamic (Henslin 5).
How is Healthcare a Social Problem?
In the early 1800’s …show more content…
“Families came to depend on the labor of their chief wage earner for income and on the services of doctors and hospitals for medical treatment. In individual households, sickness now interrupted the flow of income as well as the normal routine of domestic life, and it imposed unforeseen expenses for medical care . . . In the economy as a whole, illness had an indirect cost in diminished production as well as a direct cost in medical expenditure” (Kelton). Starting in the late 1920’s, acute illnesses were being treated in medical facilities instead of homes, and hospitals were for surgeries, X-rays, and lab tests. These advancements increased costs leading to the demand for health insurance …show more content…
“How Obamacare Is Actually Preventing Americans From Escaping Poverty.” In These Times, In These Times, 18 June 2015, inthesetimes.com/article/18080/how-obamacare-does-the-opposite-of-what-it-was-intended-to-do.
Henslin, James M. Social Problems: a down-to-Earth Approach. Pearson Higher Education, 2017.
Kelton, Stephanie. “An Introduction to the Health Care Crisis in America: How Did We Get Here?” An Introduction to the Health Care Crisis in America: How Did We Get Here?, CFEPS, Sept. 2007, www.cfeps.org/health/chapters/html/ch1.htm.
Regnier, Pat. “What Is Obamacare?” Time, Time, 2017, time.com/money/collection-post/3936185/what-is-obamacare/.
Sanders, Bernie. “Medicare for All: Leaving No One Behind.” Bernie Sanders, Friends of Bernie Sanders, 2016, live-berniesanders-com.pantheonsite.io/issues/medicare-for-all/.
Sherrow, Victoria. The U.S. Health Care Crisis: the Fight over Access, Quality, and Cost. Millbrook Press,
Social Problems
Trimester Project
Miss Osterman
The U.S. Health Care Problem
What is a Social Problem?
The United States healthcare crisis is a social problem. A social problem is some aspect of society that people are concerned about and would like changed. A social problem is not a natural disaster like hurricanes and tornados. The two essential components of a social problem are an objective condition, which is a condition of society that can be measured or experienced, and a subjective concern, which is the concern that a lot of people or powerful people have about the objective condition. When society changes, so do social problems, so they are dynamic (Henslin 5).
How is Healthcare a Social Problem?
In the early 1800’s …show more content…
“Families came to depend on the labor of their chief wage earner for income and on the services of doctors and hospitals for medical treatment. In individual households, sickness now interrupted the flow of income as well as the normal routine of domestic life, and it imposed unforeseen expenses for medical care . . . In the economy as a whole, illness had an indirect cost in diminished production as well as a direct cost in medical expenditure” (Kelton). Starting in the late 1920’s, acute illnesses were being treated in medical facilities instead of homes, and hospitals were for surgeries, X-rays, and lab tests. These advancements increased costs leading to the demand for health insurance …show more content…
“How Obamacare Is Actually Preventing Americans From Escaping Poverty.” In These Times, In These Times, 18 June 2015, inthesetimes.com/article/18080/how-obamacare-does-the-opposite-of-what-it-was-intended-to-do.
Henslin, James M. Social Problems: a down-to-Earth Approach. Pearson Higher Education, 2017.
Kelton, Stephanie. “An Introduction to the Health Care Crisis in America: How Did We Get Here?” An Introduction to the Health Care Crisis in America: How Did We Get Here?, CFEPS, Sept. 2007, www.cfeps.org/health/chapters/html/ch1.htm.
Regnier, Pat. “What Is Obamacare?” Time, Time, 2017, time.com/money/collection-post/3936185/what-is-obamacare/.
Sanders, Bernie. “Medicare for All: Leaving No One Behind.” Bernie Sanders, Friends of Bernie Sanders, 2016, live-berniesanders-com.pantheonsite.io/issues/medicare-for-all/.
Sherrow, Victoria. The U.S. Health Care Crisis: the Fight over Access, Quality, and Cost. Millbrook Press,