...men in the United States annually visit Planned Parenthood affiliate health centers (PlannedParenthood). These health centers provide numerous health services for both men and women including: diabetes screenings, tests and treatments for STI’s, and help with quitting smoking. These services help to clean up and enrich a community, while also helping those who might not be able to spend money on health care. Planned Parenthood offers a federally funded health care program, named Title X, which makes their services attainable to those of little to no income. At least 60 percent of Planned Parenthood patients rely on public health programs like Title X and Medicaid for their preventive and primary care (Miriam Berg, How...
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...The Rising of Healthcare Costs Over the past 30 years, the American healthcare system has been afflicted by the continuous rise of healthcare cost. One of the reasons for the increase in healthcare cost is that in today’s society people are living longer lives than they did in the past and the prevalence rates of contracting chronic diseases and developing life threatening injuries are causing the United States healthcare system to suffer a financial crisis. Another reason for the rise in healthcare cost includes but is not limited to expensive hospital visits, complex procedures, and cost of prescriptions. Consumers find several ways to reduce healthcare cost for the insured and uninsured individuals. Some patients questioned where most of the money goes when they pay premiums for health treatments. There are some occurring solutions to the ever-rising cost of healthcare. Decisions you make can determine how much you pay for healthcare. Review your health insurance plan, you can do this by getting involved in your open enrollment, there you may find better or more affordable options available that may fit your needs. If there is no need or emergency in going to see your doctor other than for an annual checkup, getting a different health plan will be beneficial. If your employer subsidizes your care versus that of your dependents, it might make sense to have the dependents get their coverage on the open market, if they only subsidize the employee’s coverage. Other opportunities...
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...Protection Affordable Care Act, 2010). Members met for a series of meetings to discuss the development of a health care reform bill. Over the course of three months, this group, consisting of Senators Max Baucus (D-Montana), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico), and Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), met for more than 60 hours, and the principles that they discussed became the foundation of the Senate's health care reform bill (Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, 2010). This meeting of the minds resulted in the President signing into law on March 23rd, 2010 the PPACA. The Congressional Budget Office estimates, the legislation will reduce the number of uninsured residents by 32 million, leaving 23 million uninsured residents in 2019 after the...
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...bills, but Medicaid is fun by states where coverage may vary. In an article “Texas”, Texas had 83.7% of people who participated in Medicaid in the year of 2015. There is Texas who support having Medicaid and people who is against Medicaid. I believe Texas should have expanded Medicaid because not everyone is fortune to pay out of pocket for medical emergency. Texas should have expanded Medicaid throughout the...
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...A number of women who are either the sole breadwinner for their family or sharing the role with their partners tends to increase every day in United States. Women are confronted with limited resources; women in the United States are paid only 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. Only 58 percent of American women place high priority on their education and career. In most cases this can be attributed to high financial demand placed on them or their quest to support their family e.g. day care, care for aged parents. Getting marriage too soon equally effects the financial status of American women because this action results into incomplete college education in most cases. According to The Shriver Report, an average American family of four must earn about $47,000 to survive the present economic, and only educated American women can earn this amount on money. The demand placed on American women are enormous. American women ages...
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...HSA 300 Prof. Date: 11/25/2013 Topic: Women’s health issues and what is being done to ensure improved health of women. Women have unique health issues. And some of the health issues that affect both men and women can affect women differently. Women in the United States can now expect to live almost eight years longer than men, but they suffer greater morbidity and poorer health outcomes. Compared to men of comparable age, women develop more acute and chronic illnesses, resulting in a greater number of short- and long long-term disabilities. For instance: • Heart disease and stroke 42% of women who have heart attack die within a year compare to only 24% of men. • Not counting some kinds of different types of cancer for example: Lung cancer (52.4/100,000), Colorectal cancer (35.4/100,00), breast cancer in the United States is the most common cancer in women, no matter your race or ethnicity (118.7/100,000) In 2010 • 206,966 women and 2,039 men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer. • 40,996 women and 439 men in the United States died from breast cancer • The differences between men and women are equally pronounced for mental illness. For example: anxiety disorders and major depression affect two to three times as many women as men. • Clinical depression is a major mental health problem for both men and women; however, an estimated 12% of women in the women in the U.S, compared with 7% of men, will suffer from major depression in their lifetime. Eating...
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...by 2014, approximately 32 million Americans who currently do not have health insurance coverage will be covered, and coverage will be more affordable for many millions more. The ACA makes vital improvements to health care access, quality, and services for millions of Americans with health and behavioral health needs. Social workers practice as part of health caretailing the factors necessitating health care reform in the United States. Second, it analyzes whether a constitutionally protected right to make personal health care decisions exists under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' Due Process Clauses. Finally, the article analyzes the susceptibility of government-sponsored health care-specifically proposals which include a public option-to due process challenges and makes suggestions to avoid any potential fundamental rights violations. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] quirement to purchase health insurance. It also examines some recent Canadian constitutional law cases to anticipate possible future legal challenges to health care reform in the United States. INTRODUCTION The question of the reform of the American system of financing health care has, of course, recently been a central focus of debate in American politics. Because the author of this paper is something of a "political junkie" and keeping current on this issue seemed a desirable part of being a law professor at the current moment, I decided to investigate and examine what legal issues have been involved in the...
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...Access to Care Project Lane Community College William Bennett Scott Dawson Shana Perkins Assigned scenario: Summer is a 15 year old sophomore at South Eugene High School. She is 5 months pregnant. She lives at home with her parents in a home near the corner of Potter Street and 21st Avenue. Summer and her boyfriend would like to keep the baby. Summer’s boyfriend Jake is talking about moving into Summer’s parents’ house but Summer’s parents are not so sure that they want Jake living with them. a. What prenatal resources are available to Summer? b. How much will prenatal care cost? c. Is it likely that Summer’s prenatal care and the baby’s medical care be covered by her parents’ standard medical insurance policy? What criteria, if any need to be met? d. What post-partum resources are available to facilitate Jake’ & Summer’s parenting skills? e. Summer would like to transfer to Churchill High School to participate in their child care program. What bus route will Summer need to take to get from her parents’ home to Churchill High School? NOTE* Our group identified local medical coverage networks including Peacehealth, Oregon Medical Group (OMG) and Private Payer. We chose to gather data from OMG and assumed the insurance coverage of the parents covers services on an approved provider list limiting her to the OMG network. Questions: Community resources available to teen parents are numerous and qualification is based on availability...
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...Running head: COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF MACON-BIBB COUNTY Community Health Assessment of Macon-Bibb County, Georgia Western Governors University Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing C-228 Gail Abraham August 20, 2015 1 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF MACON-BIBB COUNTY 2 Community Health Assessment of Macon-Bibb County, Georgia Identification of community Founded in 1882, approximately 85 miles south of the state capital, Macon-Bibb County lies in the heart of central Georgia nestled along the banks of the Ocmulgee River. It is the 4th largest municipality in the state, encompassing 255 square miles of gently rolling hills and plains with a population of 155,547, population density of 626 people per square mile and a median age of 35.6 ("State and County," 2015). The population is 52% Black, 43% White, 3% Hispanic, 1.6% Asian, 0.4% all other races and is divided 53% female and 47% male ("Profile: Bibb County," 2015). In 2012, there were 60,295 households with an average of two persons per household ("Profile: Bibb County," 2015). The dwellings were rented (41%) or owned (49%) by residents and are located in both urban/suburban areas (81%) and rural areas (14%) ("Profile: Bibb County," 2015). The median cost of a freestanding dwelling in 2013 was $154,937, the median household income was $36,327 and 29.2% of the population was living in poverty ("Profile: Bibb County," 2015). The most common industries were healthcare, retail...
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...marketing resources, many of which are available free of charge. Visit www.turningpointprogram.org or check the More Resources For You section at the end of this publication for more information. Acknowledgements The Manager’s Guide to Social Marketing was developed under the auspices of the Turning Point Social Marketing National Excellence Collaborative, one of five national collaboratives working to strengthen and transform public health as part of the Turning Point Initiative. Seven states and two national partners participated in this project: Illinois, Ohio, Maine, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provided financial support for this endeavor. We would like to acknowledge the following individuals for their contributions to this work. Contributing Consultant: Rebecca Brookes, Director of Social Marketing, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. Contributing Members of the Turning Point Social Marketing National Excellence Collaborative: Deborah Arms, Chief, Division of Prevention, Ohio...
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...Chapter 1 Case Study: Harmonix Embrace Your Inner Rock Star Little more than three years ago, you had probably never heard of Harmonix. In 2005, the video game design studio released Guitar Hero, which subsequently became the fastest video game in history to top $1 billion in North American sales. The game concept focuses around a plastic guitar-shaped controller. Players press colored buttons along the guitar neck to match a series of dots that scroll down the TV in time with music from a famous rock tune, such as the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” and Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water.” Players score points based on their accuracy. In November 2007, Harmonix released Rock Band, adding drums, vocals, and bass guitar options to the game. Rock Band has sold over 3.5 million units with a $169 price tag (most video games retail at $50 to $60). In 2006, Harmonix’s founders sold the company to Viacom for $175 million, maintaining their operational autonomy while providing them greater budgets for product development and licensing music for their games. Harmonix’s success, however, did not come overnight. The company was originally founded by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy in 1995, focused around some demo software they had created in grad school and a company vision of providing a way for people without much musical training or talent to experience the joy of playing and creating music. The founders believed that if people had the opportunity to create their own music, they would jump...
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...Chapter 1 Case Study: Harmonix Embrace Your Inner Rock Star Little more than three years ago, you had probably never heard of Harmonix. In 2005, the video game design studio released Guitar Hero, which subsequently became the fastest video game in history to top $1 billion in North American sales. The game concept focuses around a plastic guitar-shaped controller. Players press colored buttons along the guitar neck to match a series of dots that scroll down the TV in time with music from a famous rock tune, such as the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” and Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water.” Players score points based on their accuracy. In November 2007, Harmonix released Rock Band, adding drums, vocals, and bass guitar options to the game. Rock Band has sold over 3.5 million units with a $169 price tag (most video games retail at $50 to $60). In 2006, Harmonix’s founders sold the company to Viacom for $175 million, maintaining their operational autonomy while providing them greater budgets for product development and licensing music for their games. Harmonix’s success, however, did not come overnight. The company was originally founded by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy in 1995, focused around some demo software they had created in grad school and a company vision of providing a way for people without much musical training or talent to experience the joy of playing and creating music. The founders believed that if people had the opportunity to create their own music, they would jump...
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...Nancy L. Nolan, Ph.D. First Edition Magnificent Milestones, Inc., Florida Copyright 2006. Nancy L. Nolan, Ph.D. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. Electronic and CD-ROM versions published by: Magnificent Milestones, Inc. Post Office Box 100582 Palm Bay, Florida 32910 www.ivyleagueadmission.com CD ROM Edition 10-digit ISBN 0977376443 13-digit ISBN 9780977376445 PDF Version 10-digit ISBN 0977376494 13-digit ISBN 9780977376490 Printed in the United States of America Disclaimers: (1) This book is a compilation of successful admission essays; it does not claim to be the definitive word on the subject of MBA admission. The opinions expressed are the personal observations of the author based on her own experiences. They are not intended to prejudice any party. Accordingly, the author and publisher do not accept any liability or responsibility for any loss or damage that have been caused, or alleged to have been caused, through the use of information in this book. (2) Admission to business school depends on several factors in addition to a candidate's essays (including GPA, test scores, interview and reference letters). The author and publisher cannot guarantee that any applicant will be...
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...section Vi essay forms Many people use the term “essay” to mean any paper written for a class. In actuality, there are many different types of essays, each of which has a unique purpose, form, and style. We call these different types of essays “modes of discourse,” and they include expository, persuasive, and comparecontrast essays to name just a few. This section of the Guide has a dual purpose. First, various types of essays are described and suggestions are included about how to approach each particular type of writing. Second, the sample essays are good tools for you to see how these different essays look in their final form. These are not templates (no essay can be a carbon copy of another even in form), but they will give you a good idea of what a final piece of writing for each mode of discourse looks like. It would be advantageous to critically analyze the form and content of each sample against the instruction for how to write each type of essay. chapter 21 expository essays Jennifer propp An expository essay explains something using facts rather than opinions. The purpose of this type of essay is to inform an audience about a subject. It is not intended to persuade or present an argument of any kind. Writing this type of essay is a good way to learn about all the different perspectives on a topic. Many students use the expository essay to explore a variety of topics, and do so in a wide range of formats, including “process” and “definition”...
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...___________________________ LIVING HISTORY Hillary Rodham Clinton Simon & Schuster New York • London • Toronto • Sydney • Singapore To my parents, my husband, my daughter and all the good souls around the world whose inspiration, prayers, support and love blessed my heart and sustained me in the years of living history. AUTHOR’S NOTE In 1959, I wrote my autobiography for an assignment in sixth grade. In twenty-nine pages, most half-filled with earnest scrawl, I described my parents, brothers, pets, house, hobbies, school, sports and plans for the future. Forty-two years later, I began writing another memoir, this one about the eight years I spent in the White House living history with Bill Clinton. I quickly realized that I couldn’t explain my life as First Lady without going back to the beginning―how I became the woman I was that first day I walked into the White House on January 20, 1993, to take on a new role and experiences that would test and transform me in unexpected ways. By the time I crossed the threshold of the White House, I had been shaped by my family upbringing, education, religious faith and all that I had learned before―as the daughter of a staunch conservative father and a more liberal mother, a student activist, an advocate for children, a lawyer, Bill’s wife and Chelsea’s mom. For each chapter, there were more ideas I wanted to discuss than space allowed; more people to include than could be named; more places visited than could be described...
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