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Health Science Unit 1 Lab Questions Essay

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1.What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the current health care system in the United States?

Some disadvantages of the current health care system in the United States is tons of people have no healthcare insurance at all and many of the insurance coverages have such high premium and deductibles people can't afford it. For you to be eligible for Medicaid you have to have a very low income. To get Medicare you have to be a certain age and Medicare doesn't cover all health care costs. For Private health care insurance you have to have a clean bill of health and if you have health conditions they will deny you coverage. But if private insurance companies are willing to give you insurance the premiums are so high and the
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Why or why not?

I think in the United States the health insurance system affects the work of health scientists in both ways. For the people who can afford insurance scientists can help and know their cases and get better equipment but when people have no health insurance then the health scientists don't get to help as many people and they really can't practice what they know to make people better.

5. What is recission?

A recession is a conciliation of health insurance policies based on a misstatement of fact on the insures application for coverage.

6. What are some of the reasons why individuals may not want to buy health insurance ?

Some of the reasons some of the individuals may not want to buy health insurance the deductibles and premiums are very high and you pay way to much money for it. You also have to qualify for private health insurance.

7. How does the health care system in the US differ from the system in other developed countries?
The health care system differs from the system in the U.S. is that they make everyone all citizens buy insurance and the poor are subsidzed.

8. What are some of the challenges in reforming the health insurance system?

Some of the challenges in reforming the health insurance system is asking yourself will this work or will it cost more in the long run? Also everyone from the Congress, Doctors, and Insurance people have to
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