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have some form of health care coverage for medical costs and emergencies. Health insurance is the contact between the patient and the insurance company. This contract contains a plan in which certain benefits are given, and a certain percentage of medical expenses is paid for by the company. The Affordable Care Act has given people who might not have been able to obtain a solid health care plan an opportunity to find an affordable health care plan that works for them. Different health plans have…

1. There are two main types of third party payers: private insures and public programs. Private payers sell insurance as a product in order to invest into health benefits, where the provider gets paid for the delivered healthcare service. Commercial insurers, Bleu Cross Blue Shield and self-insures are the main private insures in the country. BCBS is a set of independent companies that are required to follow the rules of the main nationwide association in order to be part of it. Commercial…

An American Health Insurance Company The history Aetna, dates back to the 1800’s when the company started operating as Aetna Fire Insurance Company back in 1819. Aetna then organized an annuity fund to sell life insurance in 1853 changing the company’s name to Aetna Life Insurance Company. The company’s first president Elipahlet A. Bulkeley decided to keep the name “Aetna” to take advantage of the good reputation, and the name was inspired by an 11,000-foot volcano on the eastern shores of…

This research article, published in BMC Public Health, discussed the issue of alcohol abuse in many parts of Europe. According to this article, the World Health Organization (WHO) determined Europe to have the highest volume of alcohol consumption in the world. The researchers focused on Ireland and the countries of the United Kingdom because they have the highest levels of binge drinking in Europe and university students have high levels of alcohol consumption in these areas. The researchers…

When you save your right, you can’t hurt others right. People need to respect each other. According to Tobacco Monopoly Law (1991) “The State and society shall intensify the publicity of and education in the fact that smoking is hazardous to health, forbid or restrict smoking on public traffic vehicles and in public places” I very clear support this decide, but I can’t feel good. Now, almost of city cancel smoking room in the Airport and free smoking in the hospital. I don’t know this is happy…

as a whole could understand and accept them. Desowitz then goes into the frustration the people were dealing with Kala azar. The first problem was how the disease even migrated or spread over continents and eventually to the Indian continent. The health officials were unfamiliar with this disease, often mistaking it with malaria. With no vaccine and no idea of any control mechanisms, it took many infected patients and a few years for them to determine that it was infact Kala azar and not malaria…

Breastfeeding Strategy 2010–2015 (Australian Health Ministers’ Conference 2009) Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (World Health Organization & Unicef 2009) Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding (World Health Organization & Unicef 2002) Infant Feeding Guidelines (National Health and Medical Research Council 2012a) The Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy 2010–2015 works together with both government and non-government organisations, health professionals, communities,…

Global Health in Relation to Early Childhood Development OVERALL TOPIC The function of global health is to promote and improve health worldwide through research and intervention. Authors Frances E. Aboud and Aisha K. Yousafzai, in their review “Global Health and Development in Early Childhood,” discuss these goals with a focus on infants born in low- and middle-income countries. Their article reviews evidence from multiple studies showing how health and nutritional risks and inadequate…

the leading injury causes in Canada. This is especially true about elderly population. In this paper it will be discussed how the nurses can diminish the fall rates among seniors in long term care settings and in community. According to World Health Organization, “A fall is defined as an event which results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground or floor or other lower level.” The consequences of the falls (if any) can range from very mild such as ecchymosis to severe such as…

However, countries who have booming economies, relatively high incomes, and a plush quality of life, still register very high suicide rates. In the United States, suicide rates have risen by 43% between 1999 and 2010 according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Though the economic stability of the United States has been increasing and the unemployment rate has been declining,…