Healthcare Reform By Kim LeFave Healthcare is one of the hottest political topics in the news. It affects every man‚ woman‚ and child. I’m sure most if not all of you have caught something on this topic. As I researched this topic on the internet I was surprised to learn some of the statistics on healthcare in America. Even though our nation is faced with recession and more than 8% of Americans are unemployed I still assumed the rest of the 92% of working Americans had some kind of healthcare
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Healthcare reforms are affecting many healthcare jobs. Many of these reforms are designed to provide efficient care and quality standards to patients. One group of medical workers that are especially affected by these new reforms are Physician Assistants. Since Physician Assistants are an important part of a healthcare team‚ they are being affected by these many new reforms‚ which include the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ accountable care organizations (ACO’s)‚ and the American Recovery
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The main goals of U.S. Healthcare Reform (Affordable Care Act) are providing universal healthcare access to uninsured and underinsured‚ controlling/minimizing the escalating costs of healthcare and improving the quality of healthcare. In terms of access‚ around 47 million Americans are uninsured. In terms of cost‚ healthcare cost represents more than 17% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) which is still growing rapidly over time. In terms of quality‚ despite of new technologies‚ new treatments
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US Healthcare Reform and the Impact on Primary Care Physicians Laura Garcia ENG 122 English Composition II Dr. Paula Porter June 28‚ 2010 The new healthcare reform act recently passed will be fully implemented by 2014. Every person living legally in the United States will be guaranteed‚ under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ (PPACA)‚ healthcare insurance. Across the United States‚ primary care doctors are already preparing for the full impact this will have on their practices
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issue that has been focused on lately by the government is Immigration law reform. For this speech I have done research about immigration laws and how they affect undocumented immigrants. III. A recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center in Washington‚ D.C. has found that there has been an increase of
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Adoption is Always an Option Adoption is an industry. It’s a business that relies on suppliers and consumers for profit. The only difference between adoption and other large corporations? The products are children. Whether you were adopted or not‚ it’s likely a topic your parents once talked about‚ and something you might talk about in the future. I was adopted‚ and my opinion on adoption has changed drastically throughout the years‚ so I’m not trying to persuade you to believe what I’m saying
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Abortion is a big topic in society these days. Currently‚ in The United States of America it is legal to have an abortion. Many people see abortion as cruel murder. Although some people would say abortion is okay considering certain conditions of the parents or the living conditions. Others would say only God has the authority to take away someone’s life. “1.1 million U.S. abortions each year.”(Alan Guttmacher Institute) The amount of innocent children killed every day is already at a high toll now
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Today my persuasive speech is for abortions to remain legal. No matter what the situation is‚ a woman should have the right to decide what she wants to do with her body. Legal abortions are the safe way to terminate a pregnancy‚ most Prolife Activist are religious and their beliefs are based on their God’s 10 commandments‚ and forcing a woman to go through with an unwanted pregnancy is an act of taking away a woman’s bodily freedom. If abortion was to become illegal women seeking termination of
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Topic: S.992 Persuasive Speech of Public Policy I. Purpose of presentation A. General Purpose: To persuade B. Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to take action to urge their congress person to vote against S.992 - The National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act II Introduction / Attention A. Gain attention: Picture this. Your loved one had surgery yesterday. A nurse is fixing their morphine drip when their manager comes in and tells the nurse they are required to take
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deteriorating quality of mental healthcare in Illinois. The two are directly related to one another because the adoleneces brought up in a heavyly affected crime area have little to no access to mental healthcare. As of a fact the state of Illinios closed down 6 of chicago’s ental health care facilities in 2012 to consolodilate care and the balance of the budget. The quality of mental healthcare is not a reflection of that of the United
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