Agrarian reform

Emergency medical services are not just composed of 911 calls, there are different types of companies. The most common EMS is 911 they move the critically ill patients from one facility to another, and respond to medical emergencies ("What is EMS? Department of Health). According to the department of health the different type of services that are available are government EMS, the ambulances work alongside fire departments and police officers, but operate separately and are funded by the local or…

"It turns out that not all hypothyroid patients are the same." - Dr. Antonio Bianco (Chicago, IL) -- Antonio Bianco, MD, a leading expert on the thyroid gland, came to Rush University Medical Center two years ago to lead the creation of a comprehensive destination thyroid program combining top clinical and basic research with diagnostic, medical and surgical capabilities. (Photo Courtesy Rush University Medical Center) You could say he hit the ground running. In the past couple of years,…

Medicare Advantage plans and physician practice services A large majority of people get their healthcare coverage from Medicare while small percentage or about one-third get their healthcare benefits from Medicare Advantage or Medicare private health plan. Medicare Advantage is a managed health care insurance that substitutes parts of the Original Medicare Parts A and B. The plan covers all the services offered under Medicare Original except hospice care. According to MedicareUntergactive.org,…

To “Make America Great Again” we must take Robert Reich’s proposal into thought. Removal of politics from our democracy will enable corruption to yield, finally halting concentration of wealth at the very top. In this age, recommendations such as this one being spelled out for us should assist our consideration for who is running our current democracy and how we can take part in the decision-making process. Time is of the essence to bring America back to their feet. By elevating the tax…

It was a summer night in July and my friends invited me over to hang out before everyone started leaving for college. I called an Uber to take me to my friend Mahalia’s house but, I did not make it to my destination. Two minutes after leaving my house, a car struck the driver’s seat of my uber. The uber driver, who I had known for exactly two minutes, and I grabbed each other’s hands. For some reason, we screamed to the top of our lungs until the car stopped. Because I have watched entirely too…

The EpiPen, a device which gives a shot of adrenaline to victims of anaphylaxis, has saved countless lives in our world. However, the price has spiked 400% due to Mylan, a pharmaceutical company, having a monopoly on the drug. This means a family would have to pay $500 or more to have a dollars’ worth of a lifesaving drug (Willingham). The insanely high price of an EpiPen also extends to other spectrums of the pharmaceutical industry. This may sound like the classic ideology of capitalism, but…

Today, the majority of the population does not fully understand the way medical insurance works. Unless you are in the business yourself, it can get pretty confusing at times. Similarly, seniors tend to feel overwhelmed when it comes to figuring out how they will be covered for any medical expenses they might incur. It's no secret that Medicare is the first obvious option, but what happens after Medicare pays its 80%? There are two options available - one can either pay the remaining 20%…

Observing the entity as a whole, it is easy to identify that each level has a significant impact on one another, meaning that team work is vital to optimal care. If senior management hires under skilled managed care professionals, patients will not be provided correct estimates of services or may not be referred to specialists as needed. Cost estimates are extremely crucial in ensuring a patients do not receive therapies or surgeries that do not have a positive cost benefit. For example, a…

who would be affected would be those who are working for companies with at least 50 employees and work more than 30 hours a week. Obamacare has had the largest impact on the individual market, which was largely unregulated prior to the healthcare reform law. It sought to make health insurance more accessible and affordable in a number of ways. It required insurers to cover people with pre-existing condition and banned them from charging the sick more. It mandated that individual insurance cover…

Professor and Class, Over the years, insurance companies continue to increase their premiums as soon as they discovered that people were living longer. This is one of the reasons why the government had to take a stance because insurance companies refused to pay for pre-existing health conditions and would drop your dependent child/children from your health insurance. Now these are a thing of the past. Everyone loves this and it is a fact. Today, this is the opposite. The Affordable Care Act…