Due to the rising cost of medical care and health insurance‚ many Americans are either uninsured or do not have adequate coverage. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)‚ commonly known as Obama Care‚ is part of a decade-long effort to reform the nation’s health care system and ensure that more Americans have adequate and affordable health care coverage (Salem Press Encyclopedia‚ 2013). This essay will briefly explain the elements of Obama Care‚ the pros and cons of the policy‚ and
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A Roll of the Dice Open up it’s the police! Everyone in the room is rushing around frantically because police officers dressed in body armor with assault rifles in hand are entering into the gambling room. This illegal casino‚ commonly known as a game room is being raided by a police squad. These raids are becoming more and more common within the Greater Houston area and across our entire state. Many sheriff departments are deciding to make a move on these gambling rooms that are within their tight-knit
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For decades‚ the U.S. has used prison to punish criminals. And‚ the amount of drug users in this “rehabilitation” is staggering. However‚ as our use of this institution has grown‚ the amount of drug users has definitely not shrunk. Much of the time‚ when a drug-user is sent to prison for their use‚ they seek out drugs again once they’re released. Our current system is not working. We sent these people off to prison‚ and they come back miserable and hardened criminals‚ but still using drugs. We punish
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1% has to earn at least $521‚ 411. While a family of four that is considered to be living in poverty makes an average of $24‚600(Amadeo 1). A way to combat the poverty levels on American soil is by changing our system of government. Capitalism has many perks such as: an established free market‚ consumer growth‚ little interference from government‚ and much more (7 Decisive Pros and Cons of Capitalism). Though Capitalism works wonders on our economy and grants certain levels of freedom‚ it does
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being used too much. Most drugs are becoming an addiction‚ and there are more overdoses occurring for over prescription drug use. Pharmeuticals drugs are being used the wrong way and being taken too much when they are not even needed. There are pros and cons of Pharmeuticals drugs and how they affect society today. They should be monitored and people should
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controversial to this day. This paper is going to examine the pros and cons of the affordable healthcare act. The pros of obamacare are very arguable because many people think that obamacare is not a good thing. Millions of people are able to receive high-quality health insurance through medicaid‚ and young adults make up a large percentage of those people. Some tend to question whether Obamacare’s cost outweighs the benefits. “The average American has a lot to gain and little to lose. Those making
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does the American government control its population? The way it still is – divide and conquer. It pits one group against the other and lets them fight. Native-Americans against whites. Blacks against whites. Red states against blue states. Pro-choice against pro-life. Women against men. Liberals against conservatives. Straight against gay. The fighting is endorsed and encouraged by the power elite because it distracts their unjust or illegal methods of control‚ that if carefully examined and brought
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Pros and Cons of Fast Food Business Bryan Lee San Francisco State University The fast food industry has come a long way from its humble beginnings nearly a century ago. The first restaurant considered a fast food restaurant was called White Castle. White Castle was opened in 1921 in Wichita‚ Kansas by Billy Ingram. He opened it so that he could sell his slider-style burgers at a price of 5 cents per patty. White castle is in business today and its belief of selling
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network allows the latest global events to be aired worldwide and beamed directly to your living room. Examples (from top-left‚ clockwise) include September 11th attack‚ 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia‚ 2008 H1N1 outbreak and 2011 earthquake in Japan. Pros of watching television The positive aspects of watching television include that you have something to talk to friends and relatives about. There are certain programs which are more popular than others and if you watch them you feel included and
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Many people experience stereotyping daily and have either done the action of discrimination on a certain group of people or the person has been a member of a group that has been negatively stereotyped. I have experienced many negative and positive stereotypes toward my association as part of the group‚ complying myself to have behaviors based on the discriminations. I perceive myself as schematic towards athleticism because I am a softball player and have played for fifteen years‚ making it a very
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