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The Affordable Care Act May not Be Affordable

A recent paper submitted to the Journal of American Public Health, the premier outlet for the The American Public Health Association looks at how the Affordable Care Act may not really be affordable to Americans. The rising premiums, deductibles and co-pays are just some of the problems mentioned. However there are more serious problems for small business people who have over 50 employees. They have to pay for the healthcare for their workers which comes at a very expensive price. The ACA(Affordable Care Act) mandates that all physicians have put in place EMR(electronic medical records). EMR has 3 real and potential problems. One, it is extremely expensive to doctors to purchase and maintain with up to date software annually. Secondly , there is the potential  threat for hacking into patient's records and thirdly, many feel that the electronic device aspect of mandating EMR is a segue for other electronic devices such as microchips. In essence, this system could very well bankrup...
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Breakfast of "Mass Destruction"

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. When heading off to work for a quick breakfast, one might be surprised what else extra you might be ordering along with your fast food breakfast. For example, the egg Mcmuffin contains Sodium acid pyrophosphate. Preservatives also include monosodium phosphate used as a preservative along with niacin and potassium sorbate. Have a good morning and a good breakfast.
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Whats in Your McDonalds McMcNuggets ;?

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. We eat them practically everyday. they are cute , fit in our hands easily as a bite sized meal for most of us "on the go" in a fast-paced world. chicken Mcnuggets and other forms of deep fried types of fast foods have become permanent fixtures for most us since our early childhood days and a new generation of kids have stared on them as well. So, the question remains ....what's in them. We know that the main ingredient is supposed to be chicken, but is that just it? Investigations by several nutrition groups(International Human Press) have begun to looked into it. You might be surprised. Many of the additives can barely be pronounced with a degree in advanced biochemistry. These include: THBQ or tertiary butyl hudroquin one(1). It is a petrleum derivative of butane often used to make propane. It is used in Mcnugget preservatives. Five grams of the stuff can be fatal. DMPS(Dimethylpolysiloxane). An antifoaming product that helps with its anti-leaking effect .It is a ...
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pragmatic Industrial Complex: A Criticial Analysis of developing; The Greater Good and The Ends justafies the Means

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Why would we be talking about the medical/health system being some type or form of "complex"? A complex is a complicated, convoluted or twisted network of conjoined forces, factors, structures or ideas that grow into large bureaucratic mass (mess)to obfuscate or hide some agenda. Is this what our healthcare system has become?There is a rather vast web of "players" in this very multiple design of political lobbyists represented by the medical insurance and 3rd party system payers along with the pharmaceutical industry, biomedical tech industry, the hospital associations, medical doctor societies and associations, U.S. Health & Human Services medicare, medicaid, HIPPA, the FDA and USDA. It would appear that these industries all tend to gain on the level of illness or sickness of those wh've purchased goods and services from their trade to improve their very being and life existence. As the public continues to suffer due to lack of information or personal ...
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The Sociological, Psychological and Public Health Impact of American Riots:The Implication for Martial Law Draws Nearer

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America was based on freedoms, civil liberties and civil rights. From the American Revolution, Civil War and Civil Rights Era Americans have always possessed the right to express themselves through free speech. Rights like these were guaranteed in the Constitution . However, what happens when a community extends that right to the "razors edge" ? Both Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King proved that through non-violent and peaceful approaches of expression great changes could be effected in a society that may be "temporarily" blind-sided by forgetting its past achievements and gains in human rights. A nation has to regularly sit down and review itself with deep reflection and introspection. However, if the "bureaucracy" of a nation doesn't permit the expression of civil rights or civil liberties which is protected under the Constitution of the United States of America , there can be painful results for any community. America saw major rioting erupt at...
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More Concerns for the Affordable Care Act(Obamacare) Delay: Part 2

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As most Americans know by now, the ACA has been put on delay for an estimated one year, but no real reasons have been brought out to the full public forefront why this could be occurring right in the midst of this steam rolling new agenda. Recently, articles by the New York Times,Reuters as well as a new Gallup Poll from small businesses may reveal some of the screeching halt slowing down the healthcare reform bill. The Gallup Poll asked 603 small businesses how the new healthcare reform might effect them . The responses were quite startling. Forty-Eight percent felt that ACA would hurt their profitability, 41 % had already quit hiring and another 5 % have actually cut down their workforce. This is all in the middle of a 41 % reduction in hiring by U.S. small business noted as of June, 2013. Small businesses have spoken and it isn't promising for what lays ahead for the labor force. Erick Erickson, reporting on the New York Times analysis on his radio show stating that 74% of s...
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ACA(Obamacare) Delayed By One Year: Part 1

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After a strong long drawn out battle to change the healthcare system in America, the Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare) seems to have stalled out. The White House has abruptly halted its efforts to implement perhaps the most extensive and controversial law into effect .Initially it was set to become effective on January 1, 2014. It appears that it will be delayed for another year to 2015. The bill is over 3000 pages long and intends to overhaul the American healthcare system with its most controversial measure, the individual mandate being the centerpiece . The measure calls for every American citizen to "sign up" by law or pay a penalty to opt out. This single item was greatly debated by the U.S. Supreme Court as to the constitutionality of it. Justice Roberts considered healthcare constitutionally backed. Many other critics have argued that nowhere in the constitution is there a provision for healthcare. Justice Roberts,however was able to succes...
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