Kaiser

since on August 1914, Wilhelm signed the order for Germany declaring war against Russia and France. During the war, Kaiser though commander in chief of the military became a figurehead to two generals, Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff. In late 1918, Germany had suffered severe war casualties and experienced great financial strife due to the rash decisions and foreign policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II. As a result, he lost the support of the people and his navy mutinied, thus, dethroning him.…

After watching the movie “Sicko” by Michael Moore and reading Understanding American Politics by Stephen Brooks I seem to be baffled about what a lot of foreigners are when referring to American politics and society. One being, our government and how hypocritical they are for instance, The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement And Modernization Act passed in 2003, In “Sicko”, the legislation allowed drug companies the freedom to charge what they deemed fit. Looking at it from every angle…

Rape is a brutal, physical action that takes away, from the victim, far more than their innocence and sense of being, but, in addition to, their frame of mind is altered, sometimes obliterated to the extent of insanity, constant anxiety, self-loathing, and fear. When interacting with certain people and crossing certain boundaries without the consent of both parties is a serious problem. What makes sexual violence worse is that most states do not have a clear, set punishment that is reasonable…

Goldstein and Brooks (2007), every child can develop resilient thinking and cope with everyday stress along with the awareness of disappointments. Resilience is built in children by having a caring adult available in a child’s life. According to Kaiser and Rasminsky (2017), caregivers can be anyone who…

“Your never too old to earn a college degree”, its sounds cliché but not for me since I started school later in my life. Being born and raised in a latin family household with nine brothers and sisters, my parents only focused me to work to help support our family financial needs. Eventually throughout my life ,I got married, had children, therefore I had to work , work and work. I never had time for myself finally as my children became older and left for college, I took some time off of work…

German Empire in particular. This was mainly due to Kaiser Wilhelm’s obsession with power and his competitiveness with his British cousin King George the Fifth. He would stop at nothing to increase his military and his naval fleet. Militarism emerged new technology in the late 1800’s that gave rise…

components that contribute to poverty’s diverse nature is the different races and ethnicities that constitute it. For the chart above, I received my data from the Kaiser Family Foundation website. The Kaiser Family Foundation bases their estimates from the Current Population Survey conducted by the U.S Census Bureau in March of 2016. The Kaiser Family Foundation then uses the information acquired by the U.S Census Bureau to make meaningful estimates that can be applied to the greater population.…

was turned away from Kaiser due to his lack of insurance coverage. This patient did not have insurance coverage, and paid out of his own pocket to get an appointment with a physician at Kaiser. After discovering that he had a testicular tumor, Kaiser then ran a variety of tests and scans in order to prepare for surgery, as they said that the tumor should be removed immediately. However, at the last minute, Kaiser canceled his surgery due to his lack of health insurance. Kaiser deemed that this…

pay more for health insurance than prior to Obamacare. While the ACA may benefit many Americans, citizens still struggle to pay the out of pocket cost of care. According to Renter (2014) "Among those seeking new plans under the ACA, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation found 39% wound up paying more than with their previous plans” (Renter, 2014, p. 1). Another con includes the narrowing of networks for many insurers. Resulting in “Fewer healthcare providers are available for ‘in-network’…

The documentary Food Choices: How Our Diet Affects the Environment produced by Michal Siewierski and Kaiser Permanente, a non-for-profit health plan, while different non-fiction forms of communication that share a common mission of providing important information on the effects of the food we eat and how changing our diet can improve our lives. The documentary Food Choices advocates the benefits of eating a plant-based diet and begins by discrediting long believed myths about eating land animals…