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    Henry J. Kaiser and Sidney R. Garfield founded Kaiser Permanente in 1945 after the derivation of Kaiser industrial companies insurance consortium called Industrial Indemnity in the 1930s. The industrial heath care program was put into place for construction, shipyard, and steel mill workers for the Kaiser industrial companies as a workers’ compensation obligation. Dr. Sidney Garfield saw the construction of the Colorado River Aqueduct Project as an opportunity to treat sick and injured construction

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    PPACA - Analysis of the Effect on Big Businesses Through our research, we are inclined to believe that the PPACA will not impact large businesses as much as it would smaller businesses with less than 50 employees. There are a few stipulations in the PPACA which lead us to this conclusion: ● Most large businesses are already in compliance with the minimum standards set forth by the PPACA. This means that these specific organizations tend to already offer their employees insurance coverage that meets

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    of the focus onto the states (North Carolina Medical Society, 2017). Overall Approach The Affordable Care Act requires every citizen to have health insurance, therefore no matter what; health care costs are cheaper when receiving care (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Headquarters, 2013). The Affordable Care Act mainly focuses on helping the funding for individuals and ensures that everyone has the assistance that they need. Through this act, small businesses and individuals have the opportunity

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    Methodology Intro Describe each variable Show Mean median… Our methodology is built to examine the correlation between the dependent variable, state public higher education appropriation and the three independent variables, healthcare spending, social services spending and spending on political determinants, which were identified in our conceptual framework as it explains factors that affect state public higher education appropriation on 2015. The study is focusing on cross-sectional, secondary

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    because it is cherry which that would be wrong because some are strawberry. Did you know not even medical services are the same for different race? To assess the public’s perceptions and attitudes about racial and ethnic differences in health care, the Kaiser Family Foundation surveyed a nationally representative sample of 3,884 whites, African Americans, and Latinos in 1999. The survey found that the majority of Americans are uninformed about health care disparities—many were unaware that blacks fare

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    Roller Coaster Biography

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    It was nighttime in the Kaiser Permanente hospital when I was born on 26th of February, 2000. My grandfather decided that I would be named Ian, because he thought it was a swell name to have. My mother, whose name is Lily, also works at Kaiser Permanente as a pharmacist. My father, whose name is Ike, is an aerospace engineer who works at a disclosed company. My sister, whose name is Irene, is a college student at University of California Berkeley who plans to become a medical student. At last, I

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    in a market that is already saturated, we would focus and improve upon the one we currently offer now, neurology and neurosurgery. We reached this conclusion after determining there was a strong demand these services. The local competition, namely Kaiser Fontana and Loma Linda Medical Center, may have a lead now, but because of the variety of services they offer, they are not positioned to double down on this service, but we are. Our

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    What Is Kaiser's Legacy

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    The historic Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center (originally the Oakland Civic Auditorium), has been the focus of development plans ever since the 215,000-square-foot facility closed down in 2004. It's slated to become office space, but during its heyday, it hosted wrestling competitions, circuses and Elvis Presley concerts; in 1962, it even welcomed Martin Luther King Jr. to commemorate the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center is located on 3600

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    health, views of U.S. spending on foreign aid and effort to improve health in developing counties, caveats to support the current level of U.S. spending on global health, and the visibility of global health issues and sources of information. (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2013) I feel like this survey is important to analyze because it shows to what degree the U.S. actually aides the other countries and the views of the American citizens. After reviewing the survey and its results I was surprised

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    The reform was created to bring many benefits to the healthcare system in the United States. Some benefits that individuals may see today include insurance coverage for children that have pre-existing conditions. This means that insurance companies will no longer be able to deny children because of pre-existing health conditions. This is very beneficial because these conditions can be chronic and require many medications or treatments that become very expensive. Another advantage is that insurance

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