Save America Documentary Analysis

In 2009, a prestigious think tank in Washington, D.C. proposed a 10% tax on what they called “Fattening food of little nutritional value.” They stated that based on their study, such a tax could raise 500 billion dollars in tax revenue over 10 years, which could be put towards paying off America's ever expanding national debt (Waist). Americans spend an extremely disproportional amount of money on health care costs related to lifestyle diseases. In recent years, Americans spent $190 billion on healthcare related to obesity, which is over one-fifth of total annual healthcare spending (Baird). Because Americans would have more money to spend, a tax on fattening foods and beverages could promote economic growth for private businesses and an increase in revenue for the

movie. This movie is one of the best documentary films of the 21st century. It

Weight related diseases are are no longer just a health concern, but an economic problem.

Despite people’s fears that a universal healthcare approach would cost them more money, the truth is it would cut overall healthcare spending by billions of dollars yearly.

($1.25 billion) is saved, not spent. One combination: a $1 billion increase in government spending and a $5 billion tax cut.

An Obesity epidemic is disturbing the financial and social stability of the United States. As stated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “our modern environment has allowed these conditions to increase at alarming rates and become highly pressing health problems for our nation“(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Efforts made by authority figures have been enforced to solve this severe crisis. Obesity has become a concerning problem in the United States. This epidemic is interfering with the success of American citizens and it is also impacting the American economy negatively. The obesity epidemic endures negative impacts to the United States’ economy; even though others argue it is contributing to the economy through the growing weight loss industry.

Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath is heartwarming documentary about life after 9/11 and the people who the American public thought were responsible. The documentary was made and directed by Valarie Kaur, a gradue student at Stanford University. Her goal was to travel across the world and document the hate crimes against the Sikh people post 9/ 11. Her journey begun when Kaur packed her bags and decided to drive cross country across the U.S to interview and discuss racism, religion and security post 9/11. Tne one group that was targerted the most and mistaken of the talibans were the Sikh people. Kaur travels around to interview and document the hate crimes and prejudice against the Sikh community.

Obesity also is having a devastating effect on the American economy. In 2013 the total cost of obesity related medical problems was $190 billion approximately 21% of the total US health care cost (PHIT America p.1). This year already Americans have spent $32,160,950,000 on obesity related problems and the number continues to rise. In 2013 Americans spent $3.4 billion more and burned 938,000,000 gallons of gasoline then we would have had to if our obesity rate was where it was in 1960 (PHIT America p.1).The Society of Actuaries estimates that last year employers lost $164 billion due to obesity related issues with employees in America alone (PHIT America p.1). The list of obesity related expenses goes on and on. It is predicted by 2030 $580 billion will be spent each year on the health care for obesity related issues alone, in less our current situation changes.

After the debacle of CNN debate on Wednesday in Simi Valley, California, 10 Republican hopefuls descends to South Carolina Friday to display their conservative credentials in a Heritage forum event with 10,000 people. The stop is a pivotal point for most candidates have the opportunity to show their credentials on issues and address the concerns facing all Americans since they really couldn’t during the embarrassing debate that aired as a wrestling match and not an educational debate forum.

Health care costs in the United States has become an extremely controversial issue. The major issue is that most people can't afford health insurance, but if the country would adopt a universal health care system it could fix that issue. Some people disagree, and think that a universal system would be too expensive, but if everyone paid their fair share it would be less of a hassle for the nation itself.

There’s an old documentary about amusement parks called America Screams which aired on PBS in 1978. It was an hour long, but was later whittled down to a half hour when it was released on VHS. This edited version can be seen on YouTube. (The Lagoon sequence starts at the 7:30 mark).

Obesity in the United States has really become an economic problem as well. People are spending the little money that they have and spending it on food that they shouldn’t be eating in the first place, which they should be spending their money on healthier and nutritious food, for themselves and their family. New England Medical Center, Michael Dansinger of the Tufts says:

Throughout the film and despite the numerous firefights, we were able to see a small portion of the impact of the airstrikes and gun shooting impact on the village’s civilians. in my opinion, the film only attempted to show the lethal aftermath of war on soldiers, but we were able to capture the impact it left on the innocent villagers as well whether the film director did it internationally or not. Many may think that it’s only just the Americans soldiers in the movie who suffer losses, though we also see the devastating effect of an air strike on a home in a village. We see injured women and children standing around, terrified and helpless as the Americans go through the rubble looking for weapons. In one shot a man stands in silence holding

Economic costs of obesity are increasing and will continue to do so if nothing is done. Healthy Communities for A Healthy Future state that the estimated annual health care costs related to obesity are 190 billion dollars. This is 21% of total health care costs. This includes direct costs, such as preventive and treatment services, while indirect costs include income lost to days debilitated or future income lost to death. On an individual level, an obese person will cost 42% more in health care than a person of healthy weight. A tax directly related to products known to cause obesity would offset the cost of health care, and hopefully result in less obesity in the Nation.

Over half of the deaths in the world can be attirbuted to chronic diseases [http://www.sehn.org/tccpdf/Chronic%20disease%20economic%20perspective.pdf] and cotribute to over 80% of the cost of healthcare in the United States. There is a lot of scope of cost savings and reduced mortality rates.