Health Care Reform

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Hippocratic Oath is one of the oldest binding documents in history, and it is still held sacred by physicians to help the ill, to preserve a patient's privacy, but most importantly it is taken by doctors swearing to practice medicine ethically. Practicing medicine ethically might have been very sacred centuries ago, but unfortunately it is not the case in today's society especially in the United States. Doctors in the United States face more than just high education costs, liability insurance payments, and long hours of work just to stay on top of the latest advancement in medical technology, but many of them also have to deal every day with insurance companies that do not want to cover their patients recommended treatments. A doctor's duty is to help people and practice medicine ethically, but that is impossible with the chaos that is happening in the American health care industry and a serious reform is needed such as the accepting the Patient Protection Affordability Care Act. The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23rd, 2010 by Barrack Obama, but some do not agree with the "obamacare" are on the fast track to repeal the bill. The law would focuses on the health care reform in the United States by providing better coverage for those with pre-existing conditions, improving prescription drug coverage, but most importantly giving every person access to recommended preventative services without cost. (Department of Health and Human Services) United States’ first efforts to provide universal health care begun in the early 19th century with Theodor Roosevelt, but because he lost the 1912 elections the plans could not have been enacted. A few years later during the Great Depression Franklin D. Roosev... ... middle of paper ... ...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/06/the_truth_about_the_insurance.html>. History of Health Care Reform in the United States." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 02 Apr. 2011. . "WHO | Global Health Observatory Database." World Health Organization. Web. 02 Apr. 2011. . "Health Care Reform Bill Summary: A Look At What's in the Bill - Political Hotsheet - CBS News." Breaking News Headlines: Business, Entertainment & World News - CBS News. Web. 02 Apr. 2011. . Hippocratic Oath Definition - Medical Dictionary Definitions of Popular Medical Terms Easily Defined on MedTerms." Web. 02 Apr. 2011. .

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Pro-Life: The Opposite of Pro-Death