struggles that contribute to chronic stress and a potential obesity epidemic.
I guess that my family as well as other American families will have problems concerning chronic health conditions that can be attributed to weight and food quality. Many Americans have nutrient deficiencies that can lead to chronic health problems like heart disease and diabetes. Although the American government attempts to educate people on healthy eating, the cheapest food available is usually heavily processed or laden with chemicals and pesticides. Things like avocados and apples, some of the foods that help with nutrient deficiencies, are too expensive to eat every day.
That needs to change. Accordingly, I saw in the… Continue Reading...
linked to instability and fear. Discrimination and segregation compound the problems that African American families face. While technically discrimination is illegal, race-based decisions on housing still exist and few have the resources—time, energy, or money—to turn to litigation when their next bed and meal remains an uncertainty. Bias certainly exists, though, as Desmond demonstrates with quantitative data showing that white landlords are more likely to rent to white tenants than black or Hispanic ones, even when other variables are controlled for (346). Race-based segregation also prevents solidarity among the poor—the type of solidarity that could facilitate policy and legislative changes.
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exchanges still make healthcare a struggle for many American families and even families who receive employer-provided insurance may have high copays and deductibles.
Granted, there is a constant tension within healthcare between the needs of patients and providers which can make cooperation difficult, namely the “difficulty of reconciling the public’s desire for low-cost, high-quality care with physicians’ desire for professional autonomy and control of health resources” as well as the “ideals of consumer-governed health care in the face of a marketplace that rewards volume over value” (Davis, 2009, par.4). In other words, physicians have an incentive to provide… Continue Reading...
