a Quantitative Research Plan Health Disparities in Uninsured Americans Week #11 Alice Felton RSCH 8200: Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis February 16‚ 2014 Professor Jeanette May "Health Disparities" in Uninsured Americans Introduction According to (Kilbourne‚ Switzer & Fine‚ (2006)‚ Health disparities are significant differences that are needed and viewed clinically and statistically in health care and health outcomes. These differences between groups of people can affect how often an illness(disease)
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Obama Care “Medicaid-not Medicare Charlotte Schroeder 04/08/2013 POL: 201American National Government Instructor: Roger Pao During the 2008 federal campaign‚ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama placed a comprehensive health care reform at the center of his platform. Since there was growing problems facing the U.S. health care system‚ there was another attempt to control health costs while expanding insurance coverage. “This legislation should bring about crucial
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The Insured was hired on September 8‚ 2008. Her last day at work was on August 31‚ 2017‚ as her official termination date occurred on September 22‚ 2017. Ms. Brown alleges that she was terminated from her employer‚ the Miracle-Ear Company based upon her employer’s claim that she had abandoned her job‚ after she had walked off the job on August 31‚ 2017. The insured claimed on August 31‚ 2017; she was disgruntled with her employer because they were giving her a difficult time when she asked for continued
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As I understood Medicaid are those personal cares services which are fundamental‚ non-acute services provided to facilitate recipients who require assistance with the activities of daily living to remain in their home or community‚ maintain their current health status and prevent‚ delay‚ or minimize deterioration of their condition. Personal care services are intended to supplement care provided by a recipient ’s family or primary caregiver‚ not replace it. Services may be provided in the home or
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countries began using different forms government to manage their society‚ they have adopted different rules and goals for their citizens to follow. Communism is a form of government that was theorized by Karl Marx who strived to construct a utopia where everyone lived in peace and harmony. After his death‚ his idea was taken and twisted into the opposite of what he proposed‚ which nonetheless created a dystopia in many countries. Democracy is a form of government that originated Athens‚ Greece. It allows
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Medicaid Fraud HCS/545 July 9‚ 2012 Medicaid fraud comes in many forms. A provider who bills Medicaid for services that he or she does not provide is committing fraud. Overstating the level of care provided to patients and altering patient records to conceal the deception is fraud. Recipients also commit fraud by failing to report or misrepresenting income‚ household members‚ residence‚ or private health insurance. Facilities have also been known to commit Medicaid fraud through false billing
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pursuit of the American dream of freedom and prosperity. According to Gilcrist (2013)‚ an estimated $35 million people are foreign-born currently living in the United Sates‚ and out of that‚ over $10 million are undocumented and are‚ most likely‚ not insured. These undocumented individuals work in our food industry and on our agricultural farms‚ where the susceptibility of transferring disease increases‚ due their proximity to food and humans‚ which can easily be communicable to those that are touching
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Both Medicare and Medicaid were created when president Lydon B. johnson signed amendments to the social security acro on July 30‚ 1965. The United States medicare is a national social insurance experiment. What is social insurance? Social insurance is any government sponsored program. Administered by the U.S. federal government since 1966‚ currently using about 30 private insurance companies across the United States. Medicare provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older who have worked
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2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ would best meet that interest. This conclusion was based on four factors and determinations listed below: Factor Determination The potential long-term cost to the North Carolina taxpayer 487‚000 additional North Carolinians would be afforded health insurance The potential long term benefit of health coverage for uninsured The additional cost of implementing the Medicaid expansion is estimated to be a 4.5 percent increase from what states would
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Three Levels of Prevention Promotion of health and disease prevention is an important factor in health care. There are three levels of prevention: primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary. Primary prevention refers to interventions that promote optimal health and prevent the occurrence of disease‚ injury‚ or disability. Primary prevention advocates health promotion. Primary prevention includes health promotion‚ environmental protection‚ and specific protection against disease or injury. In primary
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