Health insurance mandate

The drug was first discovered in the 1970s but is now included in the World Health Organization’s list of essential medicine, which costs only a few dollars for a vial. After being sold around a few times, Mylan Pharmaceuticals bought the business and currently owns 90% of the market share for epinephrine devices. “When Mylan acquired…

small business are face with the dilemma regarding health insurance. The cost of providing employer sponsored health insurance has increased dramatically over the last decade. Health insurance companies determine a premium price based on risk factors on the members of small businesses. Small business premiums that have employees that are healthy shouldn’t have to pay high premiums or not be insured because of someone else health history. Health Insurance companies penalize people who smoke…

The cost of drugs in America have been increasing despite criticism from the population and public officials. The price for name brand drugs have raised 12% and pharmaceutical companies continue to increase the prices multiple times a year (Thomas, 2016). Pharmaceutical companies have profited on the price increases while insurers and employers pay more. The burden of the high drug prices is often seen first-hand by uninsured patients who pay the list price of the drug. What justifies the high…

As technology advances throughout the years, the life expectancy for elderly Americans will increase dramatically (Singh, Bajorek, 2014). Americans life expectancy has increased over the last few years, and as of 2015 Americans can expect to live an average of 78.7 years (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 2017). Over the next 33 years, the United States elderly population is expected to be around 83.7 million adults, that is nearly double what it was in 2012 (43.1 million) (CDC,…

The Decline of technical proficiency As technology continues to advance the Coast Guard’s Electronic technician has seen a decline in its ability to provide adequate support. The electronic technician has shown recent decline in its ability to provide adequate support for the 270 platform. Current “C” schools are lacking in a complete and comprehensive curriculum relative to the technicians role on the platform. Technicians are resorting to outside sources for completion of preventative…

slowing of health care cost growth. Most evaluations of the new reform law have focused only on the federal money-related effect. The once-a-year growing rate in national healthcare costs can be slowed from 6.3 percent to 5.7 percent. The healthcare reform is something that is used for discussing the changes of health policies. The healthcare reform commonly tries to increase the population that receives healthcare coverage through either government-run services and their employees insurance…

country have access to care, with use of insurance coverage, the health of the nation is improved. This is because sick people are less likely to delay treatment and more likely to seek primary care when they can afford and/or have coverage. Tennessee like all other states had an opportunity to provide an exchange to their residents. The exchange would have “made insurance more affordable [for the vulnerable poor and sick] …who purchased insurance through an Exchange established by a…

The Downfall of America “Americans are finally seeing and feeling the effects of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ‘Obamacare.’ People who voted for Obama and supported Obamacare wanted other people to pay for their health insurance. They are now discovering they are’ the other people.’” (“How Obamacare is…” 1-6). Obamacare is changing America day by day. The new face of America happened within a matter of seconds. Thirty four Democrats and all 178 Republicans voted against Obamacare, and…

Health Law’s Eight New Changes HC1: In September of 2010, under the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the government made eight new changes to its health laws (Carey, 2010). These changes have affected Americans in different ways, depending on the insurance coverage that each individual has (Carey, 2010). The ACA included changes such as raising the age requirement for children on their parent’s insurance plan to twenty-six, prohibiting insurers from denying children coverage due to a…

the government’s approach of combatting the healthcare dilemma here in the United States. One of the repercussions that came about from the ACA is the formation of the Health Care Compact (HCC) in February 2011. Multiple states came together to establish an interstate compact, in order to “restore authority and responsibility for health care regulations to the member states, and provide funds to the states to fulfill that responsibility”…