Essays Tagged: "health care costs"

"There Should be Stricter Smoking Laws" Overall good essay discussing the pros of stricter smoking and tobacco laws.

ch year from diseases caused by smoking? Well, the United States government spends $97.2 billion on health-care costs and loss productivity, from cigarette smoking. This money could be spent on better ...

(3 pages) 252 3 4.0 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The need for healthcare reformation in America.

the United States of America, every one of them has a need for effective, affordable and accessible health care coverage and services. Within the past thirty to forty years, the scope and cost of heal ... and cost of health care coverage and services has drastically changed, altering the manner in which health care was previously managed.There are several factors that have affected the cost of healt ...

(8 pages) 619 0 3.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

This is a opinionated paper on Health care and if the government should gain profit in health care or help society for no profit gain.

right? Choosing people or profit?Should there be death or tragedy at the result of poverty and high health care costs, or should a business such as a hospital lose millions everyday to give health car ... an't afford it? An average person like me would feel for the person who could not afford sufficient health insurance, and as in the case above, the baby inside that mother's womb didn't choose its fin ...

(5 pages) 315 0 4.2 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Breastfeeding and the Workplace

employer can reap by supporting workplace lactation programs. "Workplace lactation programs reduce health care costs and em-ployee absenteeism caused by infant illness because breast-fed infants are ... ections, ear infections, and serious diseases, such as diabetes". "Breastfeeding also keeps mothers healthier by reducing the risk of ovarian and breast cancers, say the AAP" (Tyler,1999). Studies sho ...

(3 pages) 58 0 2.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Breast Cancer

within the top three cancers of all women above the age of 15, and comprises a great amount of all health care costs in the U.S. totaling an astounding 37 billion dollars a year in direct medical cos ...

(11 pages) 236 1 4.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Cancer

within the top three cancers of all women above the age of 15, and comprises a great amount of all health care costs in the U.S. totaling an astounding 37 billion a year in direct medical costs. An a ...

(10 pages) 120 1 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Impact of Unemployment on Healthcare Insurance

he same, the unemployment rate will rise. People who are unemployed have poorer physical and mental health than people who are employed. High unemployment rates usually mean that a large number of job ... oyment rates usually mean that a large number of jobless workers and their families have lost their health insurance coverage through their employer. Although employees have the opportunity to continu ...

(1 pages) 70 0 1.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Health Care Costs.

"Health care costs have skyrocketed over the last several years. The high cost of prescription drugs ... ears. The high cost of prescription drugs is one of the major factors affecting the overall cost of health care today. No one is immune from these rising costs. Government, insurance companies, privat ... ase in prices of prescription drugs is an issue that affects every citizen regardless of their age, health, and financial status. Due to a weak economy and increased outsourcing, many people are out o ...

(4 pages) 180 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Managed Health Care.

nthe United States of America, every one of them has a need foreffective, affordable and accessible health care coverage andservices. Within the past thirty to forty years, the scope andcost of health ... e andcost of health care coverage and services has drastically changed,altering the manner in which health care was previously managed.There are several factors that have affected the cost of healthca ...

(9 pages) 408 0 4.7 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Public Relations Campaign Strategy.

four objectives have been identified:- Save lives- Change attitudes- Reduce insurance costs- Reduce health care costsThe most important objective of this campaign is to send the message that helmets s ... aign objectives appeal to the customer's pocketbook. Harley Davidson understands that insurance and health care premiums are an ongoing concern with their customers. The company will work in concert w ...

(9 pages) 430 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Stem Cell Research

e that America should embrace stem cell research because of its great job opportunity, reduction of health care costs, no new taxes being added, and it's enormous unknown curing capabilities.The confl ... r ending expense. The fact is that in time the stem cell research will greatly minimize some of our health care costs. According to statistic, if only one percent of the health care costs were cut by ...

(8 pages) 54 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Universal Health Care

Since the subject of universal healthcare became the rally point for big government ideologues during the Clinton administration, t ... neficiaries. The aging baby boomer generation is approaching retirement and beyond, and a universal healthcare system will cater to their rising health care costs. This generation is one of the larges ... of the largest in the country, and offering them the opportunity to "opt out" of paying for coming health care expenses is a significant personal benefit. The other sector of the US population which ...

(9 pages) 623 1 3.7 Jul/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Is Legalization a Realistic Alternative to the War on Drugs?

s includes suffering of users and their loved ones, death of users and innocent alike, increases in health-care costs, cost to employers, drug-related crimes, and increases in various other social, ec ... y advocates Duke and Gross is that "the major reasons why people desist from smoking and drinking - health, social stigma, morality, aesthetics - are also applicable to the drugs currently labeled 'il ...

(19 pages) 154 0 5.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Pharmaceuticals and Refernce Drug Pricing. This essay is about the health care costs and how to reduce them in the future.

In light of ever-increasing amounts of capital spent on health care, vast amounts of research and debate have taken place across the world in an effort to s ... of research and debate have taken place across the world in an effort to stifle expenditures in the health industry. Health care costs in the industrialized nations have been on the rise every year si ... hout interruption (Ioannides-Demos, Ibrahim & McNeil, 2002). A major source of the increases in health expenditures is drug-related; in Canada alone, drug costs were $1.1 billion in 1975 and $9.2 ...

(16 pages) 169 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Current Business Research Project Paper

Imagine having to borrow money and risk serious debt just to stay healthy. The article "Borrowing to Stay Healthy" provided some scary statistics on what low to middl ... pared to those with debt that are not medically indebted, and examining trends of borrowing to stay healthy. The purpose of the article was to provide awareness of the impact of consumers charging med ... t is provided is that consumers are lowering their financial stability. It illustrates how charging health care costs, as interest rates on credit cards can rise significantly, and out of control cred ...

(2 pages) 233 0 5.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Health and Wellness Programs in the Workplace

Health and Wellness Programs in the WorkplaceMany companies in the United States (US) are using heal ... s in the United States (US) are using health and wellness programs not only to make their employees healthier, but at the same time these programs are being used as a cost reduction tool.Musich and Ed ... ellness program reported a decrease of 20% in disability days and a decrease of 46% in medical cost.Healthy employees' equal lower healthcare cost but as hard as employers try there is no way of only ...

(4 pages) 109 0 5.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Illegal Aliens - A Threat to Society

aliens is also expensive, costing taxpayers 557 million dollars in California alone. There are also health care costs for illegal aliens using our medical facilities (Scott, 2000, para. 5). Residents ...

(3 pages) 32 0 3.7 Jun/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Health and Wellness in the Workplace

Health and Wellness � PAGE \* Arabic �1� Health and Wellness in the WorkplaceWh ... ting on-the-job wondering what they are going to do next, does the thought of a workout or living a healthy lifestyle ever cross their mind? With obesity on the rise in the world today, majority of th ... heir mind? With obesity on the rise in the world today, majority of the businesses are implementing health and wellness programs into their daily working routines. Health and wellness is not just bene ...

(5 pages) 111 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Research Paper: The 2008 Presidential Elections (Barack Obama)

Currently, America is facing various hardships such as struggling economy, poor health care, two wars pollution, excessive relying on exported oil and illegal immigration. Both Bar ... answers on improvements on situation in the United States. One of the major issues nowadays is the health care. There are many reasons why it is so controversial and needs a lot of attention from the ... s so controversial and needs a lot of attention from the future president. In the past eight years, health insurance prices have grown 3.7 times faster than wages. Many insurance plans do not cover a ...

(8 pages) 225 1 3.1 Dec/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Obesity in America

One of the largest health care issues in the United States is obesity. According to the National Center for Health and ... States is obesity. According to the National Center for Health and Statistics it is the number one healthcare issue among children. Over the past 20 years the amount of overweight Americans has incre ... at is about one hundred million people in the US.Obesity is the leading contributor of many serious health care issues such as hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Coronary Heart diseas ...

(3 pages) 66 0 3.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology