Health Care Issues
Health Care Issue #1: Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. "Obamacare") is a federal statute signed into law in 2010 that introduces a sweeping overhaul of the nation's healthcare system. The act grants the federal government significant regulatory powers and price controls over U.S. medical service providers and insurance companies. (Info and poll from www.isidewith.com.)
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Health Care Issue #2: Vaccinations
In January 2014, 102 measles cases linked to an outbreak at Disneyland were reported in 14 states. The outbreak alarmed the CDC, which declared the disease eliminated in the U.S. in the year 2000. Many health officials have tied the outbreak to the rising number of non-vaccinated children under the age of 12. Proponents of a mandate argue that vaccines are necessary in order to insure herd immunity against preventable diseases. Herd immunity protects people who are unable to get vaccines due to their age or health condition. Opponents of a mandate believe the government should not be able to decide which vaccines their children should receive. Some opponents also believe there is a link between vaccinations and autism and vaccinating their children will have destructive consequences on their early childhood development. (Info and poll from www.isidewith.com.)
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Health Care Issue #3: Marijuana
U.S. law currently bans the sale and possession of all forms of marijuana. In 2014, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize and regulate marijuana contrary to federal laws. By June 2015, 23 states and Washington, D.C., legalized marijuana use in some form. The majority of those states legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes, however, recreational marijuana use is fully legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and Washington, D.C. (Info and poll from www.isidewith.com.)
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Health Care Issue #4: The FDA & Vaping
"To vape" means to smoke e-cigarettes in form of vape pens. Vape pens are small pocket-devices that range from the size of a pen to a cigar. A single pen contains 3 main components: (1) A cartridge called e-liquid, containing nicotine, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, a wide variety of herbs and waxes. The herbs add a distinct flavor to the vapor. (2) A heating element (or atomizer). (3) A rechargeable battery for its operation. When a person vapes, s/he inhales the water vapor produced by heating the concentrates in the vape pen. Unlike smoking, which burns nicotine and turns it to smoke and ash, vaping uses the atomizer to heat the e-liquid and turn it to water vapor. In May 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule extending its authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes ("vaping"), cigars, hookah tobacco, and pipe tobacco. However, the rules are causing an uproar from users of such products and the businesses that sell them — a majority of which are small and locally owned. E-cigarettes were introduced about a decade ago, and many have promoted them as healthier options to tobacco because it’s a way to get nicotine without the harmful tar and chemicals. They are also seen as a way to help people stop smoking all together. But it’s an industry that has gone unregulated, and although health officials agree the products are less harmful than tobacco, little is known about long-term use. (Info and poll from www.isidewith.com.)
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Health Care Issue #5: Medicaid
When the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. "Obamacare") was enacted in 2010, it required all states to expand their Medicaid programs to include people with incomes slightly higher than those allowed under traditional Medicaid, as well as groups, like childless adults, that had not previously been covered. In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that forcing States to expand their Medicaid coverage was unconstitutional. Since then, 22 states have expanded their coverage and more than 35 have opted not to do so. Proponents of the expansion argue that it will lower healthcare costs for everyone by reducing the number of Americans without health insurance. Opponents argue that states should be allowed to run their own Medicaid programs without the intervention of the federal government. (Info and poll from www.isidewith.com.)
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