...known as Obamacare. A few of the candidates believe Obamacare should be repealed and the other candidates believe it should be revamped. The main provision of Obamacare is that every United States citizen and authorized immigrant is required to have health insurance. Undocumented immigrants are the only segment of the U.S. population excluded from this mandate. Whether undocumented immigrants should be required to have health insurance and granted access to Obamacare subsidies is one of the...
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...Immigration and Healthcare Cost Angela Mporampora Metropolitan State College of Denver Healthcare Finance HCM 4030 Professor kelvin D. Zeller March 25, 2012 Immigration and healthcare cost Abstract. The rise in healthcare cost has been one of the most troubling economic events in recent years. Healthcare cost rises about 7.5 percent every year. The United States is known to be the nation with the highest amount spent on healthcare. Some research links immigrants to the fast paste in healthcare cost increase. Immigration became a top issue after the event of September 11th. Many believes immigration is the root cause of most of the economic problems taking place in the country today, they linked immigration to increase in healthcare cost, increase in crime rate, reason for low productivity, reason for loss of job opportunity for native- born and many more. But on the other hand, are these groups of individuals who believe immigrants are being used as “scapegoats” just because they don’t have a voice or stand in the society. They stressed the believe that even before immigration became a hot topic, the economy already had this problem in place, they denoted most research findings stating data were manipulated to support their mission; for immigrant do not visit medical establishment as often as indigenes and wonder how researchers came to the conclusion that immigrants spiked up healthcare cost. This subject is distinctly two sides and it’s difficult to find...
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...Vulnerable Immigrant Population: Social, Economic, and Psychological Issues Vicky L. Minik BSHS/302 September 17, 2012 Tami Frye Vulnerable Immigrant Population: Social, Economic, and Psychological Issues It is a difficult challenge for immigrants as they try to integrate with a new environment, new language, and a new socio-economic society. This paper will reveal the social factors that obstruct immigrants from integrating into society like; poor quality and type of education for themselves and their children, lack of secure jobs and poverty level, wages resulting in inadequate housing that is poor and overcrowded, mental issues such as depression, isolation from services that could assist them as well as cultural differences that may deter them from seeking service. To fully provide immigrants with the services they need, the United States needs to research the psychological and physical effects that predict the attitudes toward immigrants. By gaining more knowledge of those practices to support the policies and programs so that service care workers can carry out the appropriate interventions to meet the specific needs of the immigrant population. A century ago the revolution served as a promoter for immigration, providing the global economy with the distribution, production, and consumption...
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...Solutions to the Influence of Illegal Immigrants on Health Care Costs Learning Team A University of Phoenix HCS 440 Monday, January 27, 2014 Solutions to the Influence of Illegal immigrants on Health Care Costs The problem of illegal immigration is current and has been around for decades. With over 11 million immigrants there has not been a successful action on how to prevent this from happening; the United States should consider solutions to this economic issue. According to Sy Mukherjee studies have shown that the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants cost federal and state governments 10.7 billion a year in health care expenditures. We have all been witnesses to hospitals and medical facilities struggling with the rising cost of providing care to the uninsured population. Hospitals and health care facilities are struggling with massive costs of uncompensated medical services for uninsured people, by federal law they cannot be turned away for the lack of insurance or the ability to pay. Unfortunately these costs are only estimates because health care facilities do not ask for proof of citizenship before providing care. The immigrants are overwhelming healthcare in this economy. Due to billions of tax payer funded dollars they have cost us, a dozen of hospitals in the south-western states have been affected by this. They either go bankrupt or close down. According to CAIR (an organization) ‘because of the federally-mandated...
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...National Healthcare and Immigration Roberto Macedo ITT Tech Mr. Berndt EN1320 Composition I Healthcare and Immigration What is healthcare? Healthcare is a service that is supposed to be provided to a country’s citizens that the U.S., for some reason, cannot get right (shocker!). Meanwhile, Canada has no problem handing medical care to its citizens for free, that’s right free. Why can’t the U.S. be as caring as Canada? On a side note I hope they take Bieber back. The people (the ones that aren’t fanatically crazy for him because of raging teenage hormones) of the U.S. do not want his presence here and no longer will we the people suffer from headaches due to his annoyance. No longer will important political or non-political events that are being streamed by news media (by which news stations consider “breaking news”) be interrupted. At this very moment my family and I have no medical insurance, thus resulting in $3000 of medical bills that I am not paying simply put “because I don’t feel like paying 3 grand for a f**king checkup that tells me my spouse has depression problems once every so often, it’s a given.” What I do know for sure is my son is eligible for Nevada Checkup; however, seeing that the online healthcare system that was supposed to make applying for medical insurance so easy for all of its U.S. citizens just happened to be in a few nice words “a piece of s**t!” My son (who is turning one this 24th of February) still has no insurance. I have been paying...
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...Moon October 26, 2015 There are a lot of undocumented immigrants who come to the United States (US) for a better life for themselves and families. As it is shown on a circle graph by Cynthia S. Becker in 2005, “immigrants come from different countries; for example, 6.2 million 56% come from Mexico, 2.5 million 22% come from Latin America, 1.5 million 13% come from Asia, 0.6 million 6% come from Europe and Canada, and 0.4 million 3% come from Africa or other countries” Birthplace of illegal immigrants in U.S., 2005 (2007). These undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay in the US for a variety of reasons. These reasons are, immigrants help boost the nation’s economy, it helps families access health care, and families maintain united. First, undocumented immigrants help boost the nation’s economy. One may ask why or even how? The immigrants who come here, come for one purpose, to make money. According to Bluestein, “From 1996 to 2011, the business startup rate of immigrants increased by more than 50 percent, while the native-born startup rate declined by 10 percent, to a 30-year low. Immigrants today are more than twice as likely to start a business as native-born citizens” Bluestein, A. (2015). If it were not for some of the undocumented immigrants, the US would probably not have a majority of jobs. Second, having undocumented immigrants in the US help families access health care. Many families do not have healthcare due to not having any legal documents or money to pay...
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...American government should reduce certain services provided only to American citizens and not to the immigrants that are considered illegitimate. For instance, aliens should only be provided some type of healthcare and education for school age children. He claims that these services should be provided in order to protect the United States from issues further in the future. If healthcare was declined to those who live in the U.S undocumented, then America could eventually be at risk for certain diseases that may not have been treated because they were not able to receive treatment. We have to be considerate of the fact that immigrants may not be here in a legal bind but they are still here physically and we make contact with them on frequent basis. In my opinion, I believe that that the state of California should be responsible for enforcing immigrant laws but not for the financial burden of having illegal immigrants. The federal government should be responsible for the funding of the immigrant who have made America their new home. Ultimately immigration is not just California’s issue, granted that they may have more than a state that doesn’t surround other countries, but it is America’s problem. Therefore, the Federal government should handle all of the costs of hosting immigrants no matter the cost. Cole, Question 7 In the fifteenth paragraph Cole argues that “culture separatism rarely survives a generation.” He supports his argument by saying that cultures have formed America...
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...Solutions to Illegal Immigrants Impact on Health Care Solutions to Illegal Immigrants Impact on Health Care The effect of immigration on health is controversial. “In recent history, large influxes of immigrants have not resulted from social benefits provided by the United States government. Rather, immigration increases are far more impacted by changes in immigration policy or by political conflict or natural disaster in the immigrants’ home countries. And the availability of direct economic incentives, jobs, prospects, higher wages, and the ability to send money back home, are more than enough to continue incentivizing immigration to the United States regardless of the status of health insurance” (Garg, 2010, p. 1025). Illegal immigrants do not have health insurance coverage; their primary resource for health care is by using emergency room services. Illegal immigrants often use emergency services because of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986. This act commands hospitals that offer emergency services to exclude certain ones, have to provide care to anyone needing emergency health care regardless of legal status or ability to pay. Undocumented immigrants are overrunning medical institutions with their inability to pay. Uncompensated care threatens the financial viability of a unit’s ability to provide care to other patients. Illegal immigrants are a burden to the United States health care economics. Is it an ethical and moral responsibility for...
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...My values and beliefs have been influenced by interacting with people, the environment and any other related real life experiences that contribute to decision making. I originated from Nairobi, Kenya and was raised in a middle class conservative Christian household. All my life has focused on respect for my culture, language, good health, good work ethics, professionalism, reliability, optimism, respect for all humans, respect for laws, religion, education, friendships and keeping up with major life events like graduation, birthdays, baby showers and weddings. As Christian I believe in God and the existence of Christianity which has been a source of my strength all my life. In our younger years, all the family members were encouraged to participate in church activities which I still believe is important to my lifestyle and has given me confidence and believe that I am who I am today because of God. As nurses, the beliefs we have developed may be related to the stereotypes that we have formed around issues like sexuality, abortion, alcohol, marriage, ageing and disability, health care policy and other people’s rights (Federico, 2009). As healthcare workers our duty is to provide services that meet or target group and help them feel empowered without being judgmental thus avoiding imposing our values and beliefs on other people (Federico, 2009). Beliefs and opinions about health care policy Newport (2013) states that recent research on healthcare quality, cost and coverage...
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...U.S., where they are coming from now and where they were coming from in the past. It shows the detrimental effects these numbers have on our healthcare and education systems. It also shows some of the estimated amounts it costs federal, state and local governments to provide services to illegal immigrants, and how the federal government has tied the hands of healthcare and education providers. It demonstrates that the influx of funds from tax revenue does not cover the cost of the services utilized. The final problem is not with the immigrants themselves but the laws controlling who can and cannot get into the country. The United States has always been a country where any individual can create a better life for him or herself. Migrants from the world over have come here to start again and provide their children with the opportunities they never had. Unfortunately, the requirements to legally come to the United States are very stringent and difficult to navigate, thus many people choose to come here illegally. Illegal immigration has numerous detrimental effects on our economy; reducing wages, burdening our jails, depleting social services, and the most heavily burdened resources: healthcare and education. We need to reform the laws surrounding immigration to deal with this growing problem. The first question to ask is how many illegal immigrants are in the United States? This is a difficult question to answer because there are no definite records of them being here and the...
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...Rights of undocumented aliens to healthcare Name: Institution: Date: Executive summary According to the US Congress in 2010, President Obama made the PPACA a law but still this act does not include the undocumented aliens in the medical coverage. This report reviews the rights of the undocumented aliens to healthcare and hoe this can be improved. This research discovered that the undocumented aliens have limited access to health care due to lack of identity papers. This is due to the fact that they earn very low income and medical insurance coverage is lower for the undocumented aliens. As a result, they rely on the safety-net medical care providers such as social health centers as this centers continue to provide care for the undocumented aliens. This research also reviews the limitations and problems faced by the undocumented aliens in accessing health care and as a result the ploys they use to access medical care. The findings of this research show that they mostly rely on treating themselves with over counter drugs or in the cases of extremes they use unofficial networks to seek treatment. Also, it is evident that they would do anything to safeguard their cover from being discovered and these results in stress and psychological disorders. Another finding is that despite the healthcare reforms, undocumented aliens still have no rights to access health care compared to the US citizens. This research recommends designing of programs which focus on the issue of undocumented...
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...to Provide Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants? Introduction The topic of discussion is in regards to an ethical concern debating the duty to provide health care to undocumented immigrants. The easiest description of an undocumented immigrant is that he or she is a foreign-born person who doesn’t have a legal right to be or remain in the United States. Two different views of the ethical concerns regarding the duty for health care coverage for undocumented immigrants are offered. There are opposing positions on this issue, each have many interesting facts and rationale to defend their views. However, I will add that it is interesting that one view is from medical doctors and the other is from a justice with the federal court of appeals. The first article is through the eyes of doctors Rajeev Raghavan and Ricardo Nuila. They believe that standardized coverage should be allowed for undocumented immigrants. They share a patient’s story with Irreversible kidney failure whom is an undocumented immigrant. They suggest that coverage would alleviate the burden on taxpayers. The second position is shared by David W....
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...Time for a Change With over 12 million illegal immigrants in this country, most Americans can agree that our immigration system is definitely broken. The problem is that we cannot agree on how this system should be fixed. On April 23, 2010, the Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, decided that she would attempt a solution to the problem. She signed into law one of the nation’s toughest bills focused on illegal immigration in her state. This law re-ignited the immigration debate all across the United States and brought out many protestors from both sides. Some of the issues at hand are amnesty, healthcare costs, and the increasing crime that illegal immigrants bring into our country. To begin with, does amnesty encourage illegal immigration? Secondly, what does it do to our already fragile health care system? Thirdly, what kinds of crimes are being committed by some illegal immigrants? In my opinion we need to do whatever we can to secure our borders and only allow those who come in legally into our country. Amnesty, in the case of illegal immigrants, is to grant legal status to those who have entered our country illegally. It forgives the fact that they have entered the country illegally, and forgives other illegal acts such as driving and working using false documents. In 1986 under President Ronald Reagan, our country granted what was supposed to be a “one time only” amnesty for approximately 2.7 million illegal aliens. At that time, Congress also enacted a new set of...
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...From the payer’s perspective, including the uninsured equates to reduced profits. As many of them have pre-existing conditions and continual high medical costs, the insurance pool shifts to a risky and costly one. As for employers, providing affordable health insurance employees keeps their workforce healthy and productive. However, due to increasing costs many small companies find it increasingly difficult to provide insurance. Without the help from their employees, many workers are unable to buy health plans on their own. Without insurance, beneficiaries most often led a lower quality of life. As health care services have outrageous prices, many of them almost never visit a physician/hospital unless absolutely necessary. Though most people don’t realize, one requires medical care at some point in their life. Therefore when they actually receive care (without insurance), it often leads to medical debts and opportunity costs of housing, healthy eating, social life etc. Medical debt contribute to 50% of bankruptcies in our. The government is affected greatly with the uninsured population. Many individuals remain uninsured due to the high costs. Some, even though they have insurance, hesitate to receive medical care due to costly deductibles and co pays. Medicare and Medicaid receive a large number of these individuals who delay care to the very last minute and requires costly...
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...Funding the Rising Cost of Healthcare Kershena Thomas Health Services Organization May 18, 2014 Crystal Russell, Instructor Funding the Rising Cost of Healthcare The United States’ total health care cost is expected to rise to about $4.8 trillion in 2021. That increase will be up from $75 billion from the 1970s. Health care spending will be responsible for approximately 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), simply stated it will equate to approximately one-fifth of the U.S. economy (Galewitz, 2010). Nearly 51 percent of the country’s spending goes towards the cost of medical services provided by physicians and hospitals, while prescription drugs account for about 10 percent. Private hospitals only receive approximately 3.75 percent of the nation’s overall health care spending. Some consumers as well as employers face hardships trying to afford health insurance premiums; therefore, many employers are unable to afford to offer healthcare to their employees. This is especially common in companies that employ less than 10 employees. With the constant rise in healthcare cost, about 49 million Americans were uninsured in 2012, while those who were insured faced an increase of 7.2 percent causing costs to exceed $20,000 for families. A comprehensive analysis of the impact of health care reform and a synopsis of where healthcare would be without reform was conducted by The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). The analysis also included a report that identified...
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