Health insurance mandate

money in the future. According to the report by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, “cutting homeless prevention and intervention programs will result in increased costs for hospital emergency departments, hospital inpatient settings, community health centers, jails, and state hospitals”. These interventions not only cost more money, but do no help in breaking the cycle to end homelessness. It is true that reducing or eliminating these homeless programs may save money, but only as a…

clarify that this Act provides employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. This information which is provided by the United States Department of Labor also explains that during the leave the employees also maintain their group health benefits. (1) For the employee side, this act is a fantastic solution that makes life batter outside the home-work routine. Thanks to this act, employees now get to have time to enjoy vacations and time with their family. However, while…

What Is the True Cost of Not Purchasing Renters' Insurance? There are millions of renters who don’t have renters insurance. Although most people see the value of having renters insurance, they fail to purchase a policy. Typically, renters think the cost of having renters insurance is too expensive; however, the truth is, going without renters insurance is more costly. Renters Insurance Covers Your Personal Property As a renter, when you purchase insurance, you get coverage for your personal…

At the end of the day the estimated amount of money spent overall on the day of the super bowl ends up being around 5.6 billion dollars. I just want to take a step back and think that the kind of good that could be done with this money. To put it into a little bit of perspective, if America took three years and saved this money instead of spending it on super bowl enjoyment that would give us a budget of about 16.8 billion dollars. The other day I came across a picture on facebook which was…

Assignment Unit 6 Question: 1. Each of the following firms possesses market power. Explain its source a) Merck, the producer of a patented cholesterol-lowering drug b) Aliant, a provider of a telephone service c) Chiquita, a banana supplier and owner of most banana plantations Answer to Question: a. Merck like most drug companies will have a patent for their cholesterol drug. The patent is essentially the legal rights to the formula for the drug and it prevents other companies from being…

March 23, 2010 Obamacare revolution healthcare, six month later, concerns over the program cost helped republican win control of the house republicans in mid-term election. By 2014 economy benefited from having 95 percent of the population on health insurance that reduce the number of emergency visit to the hospital and lower cost. Before people had to pay to get seem by the doctor, and most people didn’t have job or money to pay right then.…

The United States Department of Labor (DoL) is a diverse organization that has the responsibilities, “to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.” In addition to its core mission of national employment, the Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) has identified the need to…

was also shown that when these youths did engage in sexual activity they were unwilling to use contraceptives, or partake in any other activity to prevent negative sexual health outcomes (Advocates for Youth, 2004). If preventing teens from engaging in sex is failing then these programs should at least prevent negative sexual health…

For my service project I organized a group of volunteers to help at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's annual Out of the Darkness Walk. The walk took place on September 24th at Highland Park in Washington. In total there were 402 walkers that raised approximately 18,281 dollars toward suicide prevention. As volunteers we helped set up, passed out food, helped with the coloring station and cleaned up. On January 27, 2011 I lost my brother in law to suicide and it was devastating.…

the healthcare world. Brian Keppler, who is the chief executive officer of the Nation Business Coalition on Health, has ultimately “credited the law with helping to solve Americas uninsurance problem,” however the “bill was distorted by excessive lobbying by the health industry” (Edlin, 2014, pg. 18). Keppler believes that the ACA has and will keep helping Americans gain healthcare insurance, but the lobbying of individuals trying to take it down keeps slowing the process down and not allowing…