Obamacare‚ or what is formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ is federal legislation that was signed into law on March 23‚ 2010 by present Barak Obama. The act aims to reform national healthcare and give more people than before access to affordable healthcare. The overall goal of the act is to cover all persons regardless of their conditions or other factors. The passing of Obamacare has led to much conflict in the government and throughout the nation. In particular‚ recently
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Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action Affirmative action is defined as policies that seek out‚ encourage‚ and sometimes give preferential treatment to employees in groups protected by Title VII. (site text book) This is usually done through educational or economical benefits. Affirmative action is a controversial topic and has been debated for many years. It is a difficult topic to discuss because it stirs up a lot of emotions. It was created to level the playing field between white males
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HIPAA‚ or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ was created in order to help those people who are in between jobs maintain the ability to have good healthcare. The act also helped keep health information secure and private while also handling personal information with impudence. HIPAA was first introduced in the late 90s and during the early 2000s it was finally fully enacted. The act ensured a person did not have to pay an exorbeiant fee to keep their care if they needed to
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One of the Pros is that the National Popular Vote wins the Electoral College majority‚ which proves the peoples voice and cote is heard and is being represented by the Electoral College. Another pro is that the Electoral College has been there are a small number of votes that needs to be counted. This minimizes fraud and paper trail. The Electoral College created a foundation for America to elect its president‚ but there are still flaws to the Electoral College. One of the cons is people have
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Since 2002‚ the United States has had the highest incarceration rate in the world. Although prison populations are increasing in some parts of the world‚ the natural rate of incarceration for countries comparable to the United States tends to stay around 100 prisoners per 100‚000 population. The U.S. rate is 500 prisoners per 100‚000 residents‚ or about 1.6 million prisoners in 2010‚ according to the latest available data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Prison is a place used for internment
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solution to preserve the program before permits begin to expire. Despite Trump’s conflicting feelings for the children‚ he made this decision after facing a threat from ten conservative state attorneys generals who would challenge the program in the court (Fox News‚
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Ayoub Laissouf Globalization Globalization has driven all countries to the competitive world. It pulls them out from their detachments into a world of collaboration and unity where distance and isolation are minimized. Globalization means that the globe has integrated socially‚ economically‚ culturally‚ and politically through advanced communication‚ transportation‚ and technology. It has brought the world together through the exchange of products‚ knowledge‚ and culture
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After reading the Federalist Papers‚ specifically number 10 and 51‚ it is my belief that the Federalists believed that a strong‚ centralized government would “break and control the violence of factions” (10). Madison defined faction as a number of citizens that were united and acted under a common impulse or interest; he stated that factions needed to be checked because they are often able to bypass the rules and interests of the minority in order to achieve what the majority wants (10). He believed
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NSA’s Edward Snowden‚ FBI’s Mark Felt‚ White House Staffer Linda Tripp‚ Kerr-McGee’s Karen Silkwood and Sherron Watkins of Enron are all on the same list of famous whistleblowers. All of these people have become famous because they provided information with the sole purpose of revealing wrongdoings by someone or a company. Some believe whistleblowers are traitors and should be punished: while others believe they are heroes and should be honored. Whistleblowers are being acknowledged as a great
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parental leave policy‚ as it allows for some working women and me to take time off from their job while they have a child or care for their family; this leave from work however‚ is not paid. The idea for the FMLA originated in 1984 in California when a court in California ruled that the Pregnancy Discrimination amendments in 1978 was discriminatory towards men based on their sex. As a result of this‚ a group of individuals including the legal director of the
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