Health in America? Discuss three issues with a classmate? Costs, access, quality, insurance, preventive medicine, alternative medicine, diseases

Access Waiting time could be up to a week Not enough Primary Care Physicians General practice, family practice, internal medicine Economics plays a role. Primary care doctors earn an average $ yearly, specialists earn more. Dermatologist $ / Gynecologists oncologists $ / Neurological surgery $ yearly.

Quality Managed Care, must choose approved doctors, requires approval before treatment and limits on drugs that can be prescribed. 75% Americans under some type of managed care program. “Patients” bill of rights / 1999 Some clinics use Doctors assistants, nurse practitioners

Health Insurance Private group plans through employers Public through the government / Medicare, Medicaid 45 million people uninsured in the U.S. Private insurance can deny coverage with pre- existing conditions National health care system / Affordable Care Act ( Obama Care )

Alternative / Preventive Health Care Acupuncture, acupressure, massage, yoga herbal remedies Exercise, healthy diet Healthy life style Regular access to doctors Health education Access to physical recreation facilities Monitor negative health advertising

Diseases / Health conditions Human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) Asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, mental health, gum disease, high cholesterol, arthritis, endocarditius, epilepsy, chromes disease, gonorrhea, Chlamydia, crabs, lice, anorexia, bulimia, fibromyalgia, skin cancers, cirrhosis of the liver

Smoking Number one cause of death ( Smoke related) deaths per year More deaths than HIV/AIDS, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides and murders combined Heart and lung diseases Cancer “every where”

Obesity Approaching as the number two cause of death in America 34 % of Americans are overweight and an additional 31 % are obese Poor diet Lack of physical activity Child obesity deaths per year (related)