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…
States of America adopt a Universal Health Care System? With the rising number of uninsured Americans today, seeking medical assistance becomes a burden due to the high cost of service. There are many individuals living in pain, not only physically, but emotionally as well, because of the fear of going to the doctor and being faced with a large bill they can 't afford. In order to minimize or eliminate the number of uninsured individuals, high costs of health care, and low quality of care in…
Ebola Virus in the United States The Kaiser Health news reported the first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case in the United States, which was missed by the health official (2014). The EVD is a contagious and infectious virus, and is spread only via close contact with bodily fluids (sweat, blood, saliva, urine, vomit and mucus) of an infected and symptomatic person. Symptoms of EVD include; a fever, severe headache, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, and unexplained bleeding or bruising…
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know everything in limitless area. Yet it tighten the countries of the world as if it becoming one single country. A Country of Globalization. Whether consciously aware or not, this globalization is affected by the rapid stream of Technology of Information and Communication. Every day in our world, the technology development increases so fast which emerge many industrial companies compete each other to create the most advance gadget to indulge the needs of society nowadays. The gadget that…
alcohol causes person to have a bunch of diseases. Beyond public health have focused on extensively on deaths from alcohol. Alcohol use has immediate effects that increase the risk of many harmful conditions. According to the Washington Post, “ Americans are Drinking Themselves to death at Record Rates”, “Americans died primarily caused by alcohol use” (Ingraham). This shows, alcohol deaths reach higher that from alcohol-induced causes health problem, homicides, drunken driving etc. Consuming…
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reveals that nearly haft as many related diseases can involve second-hand smokers. When one is smoking, people around may inhale unintentionally the smoke, which retains roughly 40 percent the poisonous chemicals compared with the first-hand smoke, and 17 percent of them might have breathing problems such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Constantly inhaling second-hand smoke for a considerably long period of time results in serious health…
Analysis: Public Health Implications Arsenic in drinking water is a world wide environmental public health threat. Anyone who drinks water contaminated with high amounts of arsenic can be effected by it, but developing countries are the ones who seem to suffer the most from arsenic poisoning. The united states and the World Health Organization (WHO) applied a strict standard for arsenic in drinking water to be at or below 0.01 mg/1 or 10 parts per billion, but unfortunately not all countries…
World Health Organization, also known as W.H.O, is one of the dominant organizations in the world that dedicate themselves to improve individuals and community health across the globe. It is the specialized agency of the United Nation, which direct and coordinate authority for health matters within the system (1). W.H.O is responsible for providing health services and technical support to countries across the globe, promote and coordinate with the international research works on various health…
In the new era of modernization, globalization has been a topic that is widely discussed for a long time because people cannot decide if it is right or wrong. In definition, Globalization would be businesses moving beyond domestic and national markets to other markets around the world, allowing them to connect with different markets. (Smith) I believe that Globalization’s positive effects outweighs the negative effects that comes along with it. It has widely helped many countries, especially…