America has dealt with poverty for decades and programs will continue to be created to assist American families in dealing with the effects of poverty. The number of Americans living in poverty in The United States was estimated to be 35.9 million in 2003 with 12.9 being children (US Census Bureau, 2004). ... There are many issues that affect children and poverty along with many ways to address and enact change within this population. ... Although the past goal was to eliminate poverty, this goal has not been met and continues to challenge Americans. America continues to struggle with...

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So far some cases of Ebola has made its way to America and not as many people have died compared to people in West Africa. ... Many people seem to believe that America is more advanced with treatment, "So far, the others treated for Ebola in American hospitals have all survived, while the outbreak has killed more than 3,300 in West Africa, based on the World Health Organization's latest estimate.... The United States has had about "nine people have received treatment for the disease in American hospitals. ... In Cohn's article published in 2014, doctors at Emory University...

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America's healthcare industry shows us one of the most revealing contradictions in the country's economy. Even though America claims to be the world's most advanced superpower, it is still unable to provide its entire population with healthcare and even worse, the quality of its healthcare overall is declining in many ways. ... Public health is the entity with the lowest level of representation in American healthcare, with costs of healthcare not just making healthcare unaffordable for a large percentage of the population, but at the same time making up about 15% of the national...

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FAS is thirty times more common in the Native American population than in Caucasians, and six times more common in African Americans (Burd, 1997). One current study that I was able to locate demonstrated the occurrence of FAS in the Native American population versus the Caucasian population in North Dakota. It was reported in North Dakota in 1997 that approximately 40% of the Native American population was considered alcoholic and approximately 60% of this population was considered to be living below the poverty level (Burd, 1997). ... Of the 132 cases, 106 were Native American and 24 were ...

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Throughout California and all of our American history, federal and state governments have separated Americans into various racial and ethnic groups. ... Other groups in opposition include the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, the Public Health Institute, and the National Health Law. ... Annual population data compiled by the California Department of Finance is used to calculate rates of various diseases. ... In order to calculate infant mortality r...

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Should any American have to debate over having a vital surgery just because they are uninsured? ... If polls like these are currently being taken by the American public, and we live in a democracy, why have the uninsured rates increased over the last 10 years? What makes up the population of the uninsured in America? Although believed otherwise, it is the white race of American citizens who are the majority of the uninsured. Most of the African American race and other minorities are on welfare programs that provide health coverage for them. ...

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Financial Implications of Longer Life Expectancy It is evident that American seniors make up a large part of the United States' population and that the average life expectancy has increased as it is one of the fastest growing demographic segments of American society today. ... There are questions to ponder as to how the government will deal with the rapid growing elderly in America. ... What about our pre-existing aged population? ... The number of elderly people constitutes 13% of the American population today, according to the Administration on Aging. ... It is estimated that by the...

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The Health Disparities Report (2013) stated that a survey was conducted with roughly 30 communities in America and it showed that minority groups such as African Americans, Hispanics and Asians continue to have poorer socioeconomic standing, greater obstructions to access health care and more risk for, and burden of diseases in comparison to rest of the American population. ... The American health care system is one such example. ... Additionally, large racial and health disparities infiltrate the health care workforce, the health of populations, and data collection and research. ... Approxim...

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Many Americans have taken this opportunity to gain affordable coverage which they may not have had before. ... Sadly, some Americans are not given that choice. ... These changes have provided the health care providers with an increase ability to meet the needs of the homeless population. ... Whether the primary contributing factor is from losing their home, or it is a condition made worse after losing their home, the homeless populations have significant disparities when compared to the non-homeless population. Although the general population does encounter acute and chronic illnesses, suc...

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In the 1950's, Social Security officials realized that older Americans were facing a health crisis. The need for a social insurance program to provide older Americans with health care coverage promoted much debate during the 1950's and early 1960's between the Social Security Administration and Congress. During this time period, the aged population had grown from 3 million in 1900 to 12 million in 1950 and only 1 in 8 had health insurance. Private insurance companies had long considered this aging population with its dependency on increased medical services and history of chr...

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Yes, the government provides basic health in the form of Medicaid and Medicare; but only for people who are below the poverty level and elderly population aged 65 and older. ... A few topics to validate discussion on this topic exist; (1) the increasing cost of health care and (2) aging of the American population. ... The American Journal of Public Health states, "There is widespread agreement that the solution to lack of access to quality health care by a large fraction of the US population is the development of a system of comprehensive health care coverage for all Americans. ... Many u...

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Stakes and Positions Healthcare reform continues to be one of the most contentious subjects of debate in American politics. ... Chronic "working" poor account for 16% of the American population.2 The only real accesses these individuals have to medical providers are through urgent and emergency care, the lowest quality form of healthcare. ... Even in its original state, the unmodified Affordable Care Act of 2010 would leave 6% of the American population uninsured3, and the fiscal deficits incurred from administering the new programs like the healthcare exchange would have been u...

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Over 44 million Americans are not covered by medical insurance because they cannot afford it or have had preexisting illnesses, this law will give these Americans medical insurance benefits. ... The affordable care act benefits millions of Americans in need of health insurance. ... The affordable care will also create public health councils to help educate the population about tobacco use, and nutrition. ... This is in an effort to improve overall nutrition and health of Americans. ... The law has benefits and flaws, but overall is designed to help the American population. ...

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We hear on the news how health care providers are incapable of providing medical care to an increasingly number of chronically ill and the aging population. ... There are simply not enough physicians to service the population's needs. ... Many people living in rural America have inadequate access to medical care. ... The shortage of doctors in rural America has not gone unnoticed. ... The number of practicing physicians grew from 259,000 in 1960 to 453,000 in 1980 (American Medical Association, 2008). ...

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Introduction It is of vital importance for Americans to have the ability to access health care to maintain health and wellness. ... The pediatric population does not have the ability or choice to change the circumstances that their life has handed them. ... Plans are in action to improve America's current situation with insuring children within this country. ... Given that a large portion of government funding comes from taxpayers, this reallocates the financial burden to the American citizens. ... The author is proud to live in a country that is able to fund a program that benefits a d...

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Writer Amy Maxen reviews the documentary Kings Park: Stories from an American mental institution, directed by Lucy Winer. ... Doctors Carl Fisher and Jeffery Lieberman offer facts in the Annals of Internal Medicine proving that people with mental disorders are a very small portion of violence problems in America but think that "hospitals should capitalize on the public opinion in order to receive more funding and resources for their patients" (Fisher Lieberman 423). ... They view the actions and words of the Republicans in congress of exploitations of a serious issue that has been he...

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Some laws in America concerning contraceptives survived until the mid- 1960's when the Supreme Court declared them invasion of privacy (Madsen 325). The revised commandment number four, "Bring children into the world only if they are wanted" (Singer 199), allows for population control as well as prevention of children who were never wanted and not loved. From 1930 when the population was two billion to today where the population is over five billion and is expected to rise above eleven billion by the middle of the next century. ... The American Medical Association has devised a set of cod...

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People with mental health problems typically die 25 years earlier than the general population because they often have other untreated conditions (Cohn). ... People with untreated psychiatric illnesses make up one-third or 20,000 people of the estimated 60,000 homeless population ("Mental Health by The Numbers"). ... Also, "people with untreated serious brain disorders comprise approximately 16 percent of the total jail and prison inmate population, or nearly 319,000 individuals" ("Mental Health by The Numbers"). ... If all state opted into the expansion, an estima...

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President Lyndon Baines Johnson launched his Great Society program, its primary focus to aid in making American society a better place, hence the name. ... "When the debate finally went to Congress in 1960, many proposals were brought forth by organizations such as American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, and the AFL-CIO." ... Thus, the increasing life expectancy of the population in the United States will tend to have the effect of raising the costs of Medicare overtime. ... Interests groups and private sectors will try to get a share in Medicare by promoting programs that...

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Additionally, as much as 90% of the French population is under supplementary health insurance to covered services the NHI does not cover. ... The French system is a mix of private and public care, in comparison to the US model of the conglomeration of Medicare/Medicaid that insure 15% of the population, employer sponsored insurance covering 62%, private non group covering 5%, and the uninsured making up the last 18% of the US population. ...

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The Public Health Service is charged with promoting the highest level of health attainable for every American and cooperating with foreign governments in health projects. ... Among it's other functions are protecting the population against unsafe food and drugs and preventing or controlling communicable diseases. ...

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More than 2.3 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder and 20 percent of them commit suicide according to the National Institute of Mental Health. ... Add to that 19 million adults who suffer from major depression and it is a large amount of the population who suffer from a mental illness (LaFond, 1992). ... The physician's duty to maintain confidentiality means that a physician may not disclose any medical information revealed by a patient or discovered by a physician in connection with treatment of a patient (American Medical Association). ... This law includes important new pro...

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Republicans and Democrats have been working and focusing on trying to create laws that will reform the American healthcare system for years. ... (Medical-Dictionary.com) President Obama go for the nations healthcare for all Americans. ... As indicated by the polls, all things considered 52% of Americans dislike the law the way things are. ... Too, the U.S population will have the likelihood to gain or be furnished with healthcare services relying upon livelihood and pay off that person. ... Likewise, the change gives appropriations to private restorative protection for Americans with low-and c...

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Obama has created a health care plan to provide affordable health insurance for all Americans and to reduce the health care spending (Obamacarefacts.com). ... The industry continued to expand throughout the next few decades including the development of the Medicare and Medicaid systems which increased the access to healthcare by providing government sponsored coverage to the elderly and low-income populations. The rising need for care produced a rise in costs for insurance that most Americans were unable to keep up with. ... Healthcare management, "Americans spend 2.5 trillion dollars annually...

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In 1966 the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System or CPT was standardized by the American Medical Association and are updated annually. ... This increase is said to be due to the aging of our nation's population and the prediction that Americans will increase their use of healthcare services in the coming years....

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