Health insurance in the United States

Bernie Sanders gave a speech at the National Nurses United Endorsement in Oakland, California on August 10th, 2015. During his speech he engages his audience by using pathos which is talking to the audience by making it feel personal and caring. By this making his speech rhetorically effective due to the excellent use of pathos throughout the speech and effective overall because the use of logos which was developed in a great way which led to an excellent sense of ethos. Bernie used pathos in…

In the second week of class we looked at Chapter 4, which talks about comparative health systems” the United States is market-based, while the United Kingdom and Scandinavian nations are managed more by the government (Knickman & Kovner, A., 2015).” We looked at how the American system can improve in relation to how much we spend, and how we need to improve on our health outcomes, as we rank in the lower percentile among other industrialized nations. Our discussion questions offered some reasons…

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 when many Americans do not have health insurance, it creates a problem where they cannot afford to save their own or their child’s life. Many families, in fact, are keeping the medicine past its expiration date, not filling their prescriptions, or simply…

the United States Titanic health Care system. Immediate repairs to this act are needed before it capsizes the health care system. The Obama care act is a healthcare act that gives affordable, quality health insurance to registered U.S citizen especially focusing on low-income families who cannot get quality health insurance otherwise. However, this “wondrous” Obama Care comes at the expense of health beneficiaries, tax payers and even senior citizens who require it the most. Health insurance is…

Almost any individual in the United States could argue the fact that medical care is far too expensive due to the country as a whole spending more on health care than any other developed nation in the world. More than half of Americans go bankrupt each year due to medical bills and three quarters of those do have health insurance. The reason for this is the multiple payer health care system that carries additional expenditures for things such as administrative costs and excessive profits making…

services. The obstacles our society had to face to attain this have been the inability to gain proper access into the healthcare system, the lack of insurance coverage, and the overall prevention of the disease. These obstacles have affected certain ethnic backgrounds, races, and education. The low-income persons are usually those who lack the necessary insurance coverage. Through education, diseases could be prevented. A decade ago, the Healthy 2010 initiative was focused on maintaining a…

When I see a blank page, I start to get nervous. I don’t know what to write or how to start writing. Whenever I sit down to write something I get lost most of the time. I always end up writing incomplete and it effects my grade. I think about three to four days before I start to write, but whenever I see a blank page my mind goes blank. Instead of writing I watch movies and go to shopping. That’s why I always turn in my assignments late. When I write, I always make complicated and it becomes…

afford the price of insurance premiums. Insurance based markets have unstable prices mainly because hospitals and private institutions overcharge patients who are well insured. Private healthcare insurance, mainly through employers, is higher than anywhere else in the world. Unfortunately, the United States does not negotiate with our healthcare providers aggressively enough thus leading to providers charging exorbitant…

similar, and has gotten our country so much closer to gaining the Medicare-For-All policy. More than seventeen million Americans have gained health insurance from the Affordable Care Act. Millions of low-income Americans have coverage now, thanks to expanded eligibility in Medicaid, that exists in thirty-one states. Kids can now stay on their parents’ health plans until they’re twenty-six. Sanders was on the U.S. Senate committee that helped write the Affordable Care Act. However, this is only…

California, has attracted many students from all across the world in hopes of expanding their education. The Prominent UC/CSU education system is considered to be above-par in comparison to any other educational system in the United States. The Community Colleges are also worth mentioning. Santa Barbara City College, which is located in Southern California, is considered to be “The #1 Community College in the Nation.” due to its knowledgeable professors and high transfer rates to a four-year…