Healing of America
1. Why didn’t Nikki White have any type of health care?
• She had a pre-condition (?)
• too much money to qualify for welfare healthcare; too little to pay for doctor visits and medicines.
2. How/why has the US answered a “basic moral question” differently than other affluent world economies?
• Basic Moral Question: should we guarantee medical treatment to everyone who needs it? Or, should we let some people die from a lack of access to healthcare?
• How: we have a system where not everyone has access to healthcare.
• 20,000 die every year for no healthcare
• Hundreds of thousands (800,000) go bankrupt yearly due to medical bills.
• Why: issue gets lost in shouting on platforms – politics; socialism; capitalism; etc…
3. What was the diagnosis for Reid’s shoulder in the US? What were the pros and cons of the procedure?
• Total shoulder arthroplasty, procedure # 080.81 on NCHS roster
• Pro-May give normal movement
• Cons: May not give normal movement; risks of major surgeries - disease, Paralysis, or death.
4. Why would someone say that the US has the best health care system in the world? Why would someone say the US doesn’t have the best system?
• Best because best research; best doctors; best medicines developed here; best facilities;
• Not Best because: not available to all; too costly; too complicated. Despite all the best, we have lower statistics; lower life expectancy; higher infant mortality; lower recovery rates from major disease than other developed nations.
5. What is “socialized medicine?” Why does the term scare us?
• Healthcare system that is universal, affordable and effective – that is, medical and hospital care for all at a nominal cost by means of government regulation of health care and subsidies derived from taxation. managed by government thru taxation
• Scary: no one can really define it or understands it; Resulting fear of “big govt”;
6. What are the four basic health care models presented in the book?
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• She had a pre-condition (?)
• too much money to qualify for welfare healthcare; too little to pay for doctor visits and medicines.
2. How/why has the US answered a “basic moral question” differently than other affluent world economies?
• Basic Moral Question: should we guarantee medical treatment to everyone who needs it? Or, should we let some people die from a lack of access to healthcare?
• How: we have a system where not everyone has access to healthcare.
• 20,000 die every year for no healthcare
• Hundreds of thousands (800,000) go bankrupt yearly due to medical bills.
• Why: issue gets lost in shouting on platforms – politics; socialism; capitalism; etc…
3. What was the diagnosis for Reid’s shoulder in the US? What were the pros and cons of the procedure?
• Total shoulder arthroplasty, procedure # 080.81 on NCHS roster
• Pro-May give normal movement
• Cons: May not give normal movement; risks of major surgeries - disease, Paralysis, or death.
4. Why would someone say that the US has the best health care system in the world? Why would someone say the US doesn’t have the best system?
• Best because best research; best doctors; best medicines developed here; best facilities;
• Not Best because: not available to all; too costly; too complicated. Despite all the best, we have lower statistics; lower life expectancy; higher infant mortality; lower recovery rates from major disease than other developed nations.
5. What is “socialized medicine?” Why does the term scare us?
• Healthcare system that is universal, affordable and effective – that is, medical and hospital care for all at a nominal cost by means of government regulation of health care and subsidies derived from taxation. managed by government thru taxation
• Scary: no one can really define it or understands it; Resulting fear of “big govt”;
6. What are the four basic health care models presented in the book?
The