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
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The political history of USA has seen some of the biggest struggles to make the country open-minded towards the issues of race since the Civil War. For most of us present day America still remains segregated. Statistics have shown that the discrimination throughout history has been used in a direct behavior against African-American people. Discrimination is the overarching theme and factor in cases of education‚ the judicial system and the media portrayal of the race. This paper will examine the
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economic growth and social improvements. From 2000 to 2010 the gross domestic product increased fivefold – from 1.2 billion USD to 6.04 billion USD (World Bank). It made China the second largest economy in the world‚ right after the United States of America. Nevertheless‚ the economic growth did not reduce the inequalities between the inland and coastal areas. Although around 50% of people resided in the urban areas‚ where the economic and social status was rather high‚ around 35% of people lived under
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Obesity rates in America have sky rocketed more in the past ten to thirty years‚ than ever before. On average about thirty six percent of adults age twenty and over are obese (as reported from 2009 to 2010) in the United States. However‚ the percent of adult’s age twenty and over who are overweight (including those who are obese) is at a (estimated) staggering sixty nine percent. The amount of obese American adults is becoming a huge health concern nationwide‚ but the amount of Americans in general
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When the politics of non-entrée collide with the principle of non-refoulement Idil Atak Introduction Under traditional international law‚ States have a sovereign right to allow or refuse entrance of foreigners on their territory‚ to impose conditions to their entry‚ and to expel them from their territory. In accordance with their duty to protect the lives and the security of the public‚ States also have a legitimate interest in controlling irregular migration[1]. States are devoting more
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Homelessness in America Here in Tahoe‚ we are lucky enough to experience a great quality of life‚ and only a few have to face the horrible life of poverty and homelessness. However‚ nationwide‚ even right outside the basin‚ homelessness is a growing epidemic across the country. There are many ways one can become homeless; for the most part poverty. There are also different concentrations of homeless in different types of terrain‚ such as urban or suburban areas. Last‚ there is the ever- growing
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Rushing to Medicate Our Children Should children with ADHD be medicated? Many parents‚ physicians‚ and teachers may say yes‚ but I believe there are too many risks for children with ADHD to be medicated. Parents in America are often turning to medication as a first option for their children instead of seeking alternative methods of medication and therapy. The Food and Drug Administration reported that some 10.8 million prescriptions were dispensed for children with ADHD in 2002 (Roberts). Taking
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Without the government the United States of America would no doubt‚ not be as successful as it is today. Following the paths that our founding fathers laid out in our constitution‚ our current government has amended the way we all live to adapt to modern times. There is no doubt that there is no such thing as a perfect government and that is why there are good decisions and poor decisions that the government can improve on. Without the government not everyone would have public health programs‚ education
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Families live‚ die and are born on the streets of vast cities of United States. Less attention are shown to those who are homeless‚ people focus more on bigger issues when this is a major problem that has occurred for years. Statistics shows that 1.6 million youth run away from home each year between the ages of 12 and 17. The predominant race for runaways is White non-Hispanic (57%)‚ Black non-Hispanic (17%)‚ Hispanic (15%)‚ and Other (11%) follow (Blaha). Homeless children most likely leave their
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Student Borrowing in America: Metrics‚ Demographics‚ Default Aversion Strategies By Frank Kesterman Frank Kesterman is a consultant in the Washington DC area. He formerly served for the Department of Education in the office of Federal Student Aid. The use of Cohort Default Rate (CDR) as the primary measure of student loan defaults among undergraduates was investigated. The study used data extracted from the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)‚ quantitative analysis of Likert-scale
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