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dakota nelson

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Explain the inequalities of America's health care system.What has the government done to address these inequalities?What more should the government do to eliminate these inequalities?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The percentage of Americans who are seeking work but unable to find it is called __________.
 
  a. the entitlement rate
  b. theworkforce rate
  c. the unemployment rate
  d. the underemployment rate



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Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Discuss the unequal access to health care in the United States, which stems from the lack of universal access to health insurance.
2, Discuss how access to health care is tied to health insurance and access to health insurance is oftentied directly to employment status and income.
3, Discuss that twice as many Hispanics and African Americans are uninsured when compared to non-Hispanic whites.
4, Discuss Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program as two specific government programs designed to give the poor access to quality health care.
5, Explain that the uninsured often receive lower quality care and are faced with substantial debt because they do not receive a discount for services.
6, Provide a detailed argument about how such inequalities could be eliminated.Some examples include:universal health care, requiring medical providers to charge uninsured patients the discounted rates given to insurance companies, more government run and funded medical facilities for the poor, etc.

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dakota nelson

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Wow, this really help


Animal_Goddess

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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