Healthcare reform

The article titled “Ear Diseases and Conditions - Otosclerosis; Researchers at University Medical Center Target Otosclerosis (A Systematic Review of the Diagnostic Value of CT Imaging in Diagnosis Otosclerosis, is about research that was conducted in order to determine if using computerized axial tomography (CT scan) is necessary for the diagnosis of otosclerosis. Otosclerosis is a hereditary disorder in which a bony growth forms around a small bone in the middle ear, preventing it from…

Epipen has become big talk over recent controversy that the recent uptake in price has become more exponential than becoming eligible for the consumers to afford. Overall life expectancy and health status in the United States are improving; infant mortality is declining; and disability rates among the elderly have been falling nearly three times as fast as they did over the previous eight decades. This good news is bolstered by outsize increases in life expectancy and health status for Americans…

Below I found a chart showing the costs associated with organ transplants, which gave me a comparison to benefit the creation of a reproductive clone. (United Network for Organ Sharing, 2015) Comparing some of the potential benefits regarding specifically the creation of a reproductive clone in order to procure organs for a person is shown below in a Cash Flow Diagram (CFD). This CFD depicts the cost of one clone which at some future n years will be the source of procurement for these various…

Four Reasons Obamacare Continues to Be Unpopular in Congress The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, went into effect more than six years ago. It was controversial at the time it was passed and remains controversial today. The following are four significant reasons for this. Rising insurance costs The Affordable Care Act was meant to insure a greater amount of people, but it was also designed to bring down the cost of health care. Unfortunately, this has not happened for many people…

This past week was very similar to the on one previous do to the fact that my job revolves around the dispensing of patients immunization records. Upon getting a better feel for the Illinois Department of Public Health I started to understand some of the misconceptions that the public have the I-Care Program. A lot of people call assuming that I-Care is some mega database that has every shot administered to an individual is somehow stored in this I-CARE database, this is definitely not the case.…

Pharmacogenomics are using one person's genetic history to decide what type of medication they will receive. They are using pharmacogenomics currently to help give people get the medicine they need. Some benefits to using pharmacogenomics are by using pharmacogenomics it helps improve the way we use drugs today, also using this helps save a lot of time, and the drugs that people were working on and then put off are being put back into play by using pharmacogenomics. Some disadvantages of…

An attraction to current Sanders supporters is his healthcare-for-all pan in which every American citizen will be granted access to healthcare, however there are several flaws in this plan when looking at taxes and getting a new tax plan passed. Sanders’ plan is to impalement a “single payer” plan which is a universal health care system where a “single payer” fund provides funding instead of private insurers. This plan sounds great in theory as Sanders claims in will save $6 trillion over ten…

the fullest. Insurance companies should not be allowed to have the final decisions on whether a person lives or dies. Including the individual in these important decisions should be American main goal. Everyone should have the right to universal healthcare.…

challenges and benefits of being an immigrant in Canada. It is all well and good until you find yourself needing some help, but not knowing where, when, and how to access professional mental health services. Although Canada provides a basic universal healthcare nationwide, professional mental health services seems to be inaccessible more so for certain populations, including immigrants. There are a lot more challenges and hindrances when you are an immigrant, a foreigner to a completely new…

As a nation that leads the world in countless innovations we lack the ability to take care of our own citizens regarding their health. The accessibility of health care has become a fight for insurance companies and citizens, and the Affordable Care Act has given corporations better mitts. As a capitalist obsessive country we refused to believe that the better solution is to work with the government than profit driven insurance companies. We have been told that the competition is actually…