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Heath is one of the basic needs that need a lot more attention in terms of its reach to the public. There are people in the global who up to this time cannot access quality and affordable health care. The move by most governments to introduce medical schemes to make healthcare accessibility easy is good. However, majority of the population in the middle and low class cannot cater for this scheme. Even though it has many advantages, for one to subscribe, they have to overlook a number of potential factors. Medical insurance providers operate on very strict rules and regulations that govern their daily transactions (Green & Rowell, 2013). These include timely payment of premiums and the prescribed amount for the insured. The organization-Trust Free Care Centre-has come out with a plan to give attention to those who cannot get medical care due to poverty and related issues. The opening of a clinic in the area to cater for the less privileged financially will be a major breakthrough in the area for the natives.
Economic issues
The capacity to afford healthcare is dependent on the economic independence of a person. The introduction of medical insurance, on the other hand, is a major problem tom the poor. This is because those who cannot potentially afford to pay for the premium find themselves in horrible situations when sickness occurs (Green & Rowell, 2013). Therefore, if one is to meet this important and unavoidable need, a reliable source of income is necessary. Unemployment comes as a threat to them because it deprives the ability to what they can pay. This is because it is a permanent and very uncompromising situation. Once one lacks cash, they suffer a number of ailments from psychological to mental illness.
There are people who are actively in employment but earn little. This makes them languish in a class where everything they yearn to do becomes a nightmare. With the ever-increasing healthcare costs, medical insurance companies also hike their premiums. Therefore, potential insured cannot access this scheme to help them when they are sick. They become unable to meet the minimum requirements to join the insurance sector that can improve their lives. This makes them shun away from even seeking medical attention when the need arises. These important economic factors discussed above hinder people for living simple worth lives. The organization has the capacity to consolidate all the available economic factors to make the program a success. This will include the need to doing all possible things to ensure that all people can afford health care. In addition, this will be beneficial as it will enhance lowering of the poverty levels.
Needs of the population
The population in question for this benefit has health as their core special need. This translates to having an instance in which medical care affordability in reach for everyone. The need to have reliable heath care is worrying to most people. Since sickness is a natural phenomenon in most instances, people deserve to have a healthcare system that is affordable to them always. This is the effort to decrease the number of mortality rates in the region. Health is one factor that individuals or even organizations should not underestimate. The people to get this offer will have a major relief and boost to guide them, out of critical situations. This will make the grateful and willing support the effort for the benefit of all people (Slottje & Tchernis, 2010).
Process involved in the program
The project is an initiative by a non-profit organization with the feel for humanity. Serving the local community is in the interest of this organization. This will come as an extension of service delivery to the supportive society. There is various process in place to oversee the successful implementation of the plan. This includes getting acclamation for the public on the move to continue with the implementation stage. The community is welcome in terms of decision-making elements and giving their thoughts and ideas. The ideas will have to gain approval for the government health sector. Proposals from the public for tendering and construction of the project will be welcome thereafter. On completion of the project, the organization will oversee the successful stocking of the clinic with proper facilities and employment of qualified medical staff. This will enhance the smooth running of operations in the clinic for and safe handling of patients (Feldstein, 2011).
Benefits of the project
There are benefits that will come with the project if launched. This includes the access of health care to the poor and middle class inhabitants of the community (Slottje & Tchernis, 2010). The costs will for accessing the services will be very friendly since the organizations aim is not profit. The objective for starting the project is giving to the community. On top of this, project will eliminate the need to have insurance schemes for the low class. The scheme eats a lot into the income of a person. This money will rather benefit the people in plans to live well. This will thus lead to a reduction in health problems. Ultimately, the program will lead to a reduction in poverty levels. This is since most people will not have a difficulty in looking finding money to satisfy the need. Therefore, they will live above the standards of living in the place improving their lives.
Conclusion
According to Feldstein (2011), the move to have a clinic for locals in the area is beneficial to many people as it will give them the health attention they require. Healthcare being a primary need, access to it will have many advantages to the beneficiaries. This will in turn lead to having energetic and vibrant individuals in the society. The result will be people willing to expand such projects to other places to have a healthy world with the prevailing financial situations. The will of doing something outdoes the effort to discriminate in terms of finance on health matters.
References
Feldstein, P. J. (2011). Health policy issues: An economic perspective. Chicago: Health
Administration Press.
Green, M. A., & Rowell, J. A. C. (2013). Understanding health insurance: A guide to billing and
reimbursement. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning.
Slottje, D. J., & Tchernis, R. (2010). Current issues in health economics.Bingley, UK: Emerald.
Economic Dynamics of Health Care Deliver
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Notably, the three expected improvements constitute the direct costs that the HIV Help-Inc Organization expects to incur. However, the question that ensues is; which of the three interventions shall elicit the highest benefits at minimum cost? Since the organization is not profit oriented, its principal objective is to reduce the number of HIV infections in the community. As a result, to meet the goal, proper workspace, workforce, and equipment are imperative (Lin, Lasry, Sansom, & Wolitski, 2013). In this regard, $ the 2 million should be directed to acquiring an appropriate workspace so as to actualize or facilitate efficiency and effectiveness in its objective operations (CNBC LLC, 2010).
Evidently, HIV prevention drive is a health provision that demands modern workspace from which the operations are centered. Thus, all the money should go into repairing the facility, which can later adequately and safely house the organization’s equipment and workforce. Economically, repairing a house constitutes an indirect cost of building the actual facility, which is cheaper. On the contrary, procuring new equipment results to other multiple indirect costs; this could cumulatively surpass the money at hand. For example, after the procurement, other subsequent costs will include maintenance, wiring, training operators, operators’ wages, insurance, installations, time missed, and power costs among others (Lin, Lasry, Sansom, & Wolitski, 2013). Comparably, hiring one new staff using the $ 2 million might bring little benefits than the cost. Employing a person to receive calls and contact the community using that amount is ridiculously expensive in relation to the expected benefits.
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The best intervention should improve the number of HIV cases prevented, which can be economically calculated using tools like “new HIV diagnosis,” “number of infections averted,” and “treatment cost per infection.” Therefore, to effectively achieve the best outcome, the cost incurred; for example “the cost for every diagnosis,” “cost per averted infection,” and “cost per quality-adjusted life year” must herald positive outcomes (Burkholder & Nash, 2014). Considering all these parameters, the organization ought to use the $ 8 million to distribute condoms and education materials and uphold HIV testing to the population at risk. Qualitatively, the two programs are mutually reinforcing and aim at the same impact. Thus, the programs should be allotted the same divvies of the $ million.
If $ 4 million is used for education materials and condoms and the other half for HIV testing, the infections averted will increase immensely. Adequate and accessible prevention instruments and measures to the target population is surrogate to increased infections averted and prolonged life years. In analogy, for one year (2009-2010), CDC HIV prevention programs averted 361,878 infections that in turn saved $ 129.9 billion (CDC, 2013). Therefore, the 0.8 billion shall help avert up to 2230 infections per year. Noting that the lifetime treatment cost is $ 379,668 per infection (CDC, 2013), this is far much greater than the expected lifetime treatment cost if the two programs are implemented. The interventions’ lifetime treatment cost will equal to $ 0.8 billion/2230 infections averted, which gives $ 358,744 per infection. Since the 358,744 is less than $ 379,668 per infection, then the programs mentioned above are feasible and viable.
How cultural norms impact the risk of getting HIV. Explain one method or action to address the challenge
Cultural gender-based norms and values that define the femininity or masculinity may determine the vulnerability of people to HIV/AIDS (CDC, 2013). For example, traditional male chauvinism; especially in sub-Saharan Africa, enhances gender-based violence and sexual abuse against women and girl child. Inevitably, the female gender becomes susceptible to the unscrupulous male sexual abuse, which in turn increases their vulnerability to HIV infections from the male oppressors (CDC, 2013). In order to curb this health menace, stringent laws on equality and gender-based impartiality should be enacted and enforced to prosecute the male offenders and protect the female population (Burkholder & Nash, 2014).
References
Burkholder, D., & Nash, N. (2014). Special Populations in Health Care. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013). HIV Cost-effectiveness. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/ongoing/costeffectiveness/index.html This article provides an overview and examples of the cost-effective analysis. Lin, F., Lasry, A., Sansom, S. L., & Wolitski, R. J. (2013). Estimating the impact of state budget cuts and redirection of prevention resources on the HIV Epidemic in 59 California Local Health Departments. Plos ONE, 8(3), 1-10. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055713 The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library. CNBC LLC (Producer). (2010). The future of Health Care: Meeting of the minds [Television series episode]. In Meeting of the Minds: Americaâs Economic Future. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: CNBC LLC. Retrieved from the Films on Demand database
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Question one
Both characters Jarboe’s in “I Am a Beautiful Bug” and Barrett’s in “Ways the Philippines Can Talk” are plain victims who suffer due to their identities. Jarboe suffers due to his decision to change his looks through a plastic surgery whease Barrett sufer due to his original birth color. Jarboe desires to transform himself and become a very big insect and look like Greor Samsa. The desire pushes him to visit The Metamorphosi and finaly receives the transformation successfully through surgey. At the end of it, his return to Boston becomes a struggle due to the alteration of identication. He loses his Id documents , job and is even put in the cell. His suffering continue even after going back to work with his pay going to a frozen account and losing friends as well. Finally he is able to meet his kind. On the other hand Barretts identification suffering is brought by him being an American. He receive misjudge everywhere he appears which leaves him depressed. The people around him are all showering insults on him from his look, size, color and height. He is said not to be Philippine like the other. This result to him hatting his home. Among the two characters, Barret happens to be the one who suffers the most from his identity. He is innocent on how he looks and cannot be able to change it but accept. Jarboe suffers from his own decision to change his identity and at the end he is able to meet his king unlike Barrett.
Question two
Sothy in “ Three Women of Chuck’s Donuts and Barrett in “Ways the Philippines Can Talk” are made powerless because of there gender in various aspects. Sothy is a woman who is dedicated at her job of selling donuts. Despite her handwork, her business does not sell well. It’s very rare for her nor her daughter Kayley to see a customer and if she does she stare with hope. Despite her daughter being educated, she can only accompany her mother at the shop and help with the donut selling. This is a sign of the powerlessness the girl child has in California to even lack a job after studies. Barrett is also no spared with gender. He first starts by receiving insults even from a store keeper. Instead of him receiving respect as a man, he receives insulting name like tomboy, so thin, so tall and light skin like a model. His powerlessness is even contributed by his own family who join in insulting and making him feel inferior. Sothy powerlessness because of her gender is more pronounce. The fact that her donught stall is not considered by customers and the streetlights are switched off because she has no power to talk for herself. Her situation is also seen in her own daughter which is a clear indication of the place where women hold in California.(225 words)
Question Four
Candrill in “ On Crescents & Transition & Waning” and Jarboe in “ I Am a Beautiful Bug” are both driven By the same motive of transforming their bodies. Candrill desire is to have her original body with the flesh benign there right positions (line 7 and 8). She therefore takes the initiative to go for surgery and receive her dream body again. After the surgery, she really feels happy and satisfied with her looks and even view life more positively. Jarboe intention of body transformation was the desire to become a big beautiful insect. He receives his surgery and request to have looks like Samsa (Jarboe). After he surgery, he feels very pleased with his new self that he doesn’t have to struggle with drinking water with his long antennae. But soon, the new look starts to be the source of his problems till he meets his kind. Candrill appears to be the most satisfied with her new look. She sees life much better compared to before. She even appreciates her own body and being alive like the moon.(180 words)
Question Five
Brammer in “The Moon Navel” and Tevy in “The Three Women Of Chucks Donuts” are seen to be in a phase of self-realization journey. Tevy works with Sothy in the donut café and is observant of how the café runs daily with no gains. The open book on the countertop and realizes there is no hope for the café but still stands to give a shoulder to her mother. He feels the rejection of the outsiders towards his mother and tries to voice it but her Sothys persistence makes him comply. Brammer is also able to learn about himself through his friends’ reaction toward him over time. He feels things are not as they were and learns to adapt like that. (150 words)