Health Care to Answer This Journal

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It is my belief therefore, as a very wealthy family it is the obligation of the group to help those less fortunate. In this instance, health care (Kim, 1976).

There is an opportunity cost associated against the population for not implemented this policy on a nationwide basis. For one, the money allocated towards health care will help prevent illness. Illness associated with absenteeism, tardiness, and lack of productivity can cost society billions of dollars. Various studies have been conducted to measure productivity loss in the workplace due to worker illness. Results show that not only does the business suffer when a worker is absent from the job, but productivity loss can also occur when a worker is suffering from illness and attempting to work. The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine also cites idle assets and benefits paid to absent workers as additional costs an employer must deal with when productivity is lost due to illness.
Furthermore, the costs of hiring and training replacement workers can be a significant expense to employers that is often difficult to measure across broad areas of industryTherefore the dollars allocated towards healthcare, ultimately help prevent still further damage to society associated with illness. The Commonwealth Fund report says that based on the survey data accumulated; an estimated 55 million U.S. workers annually experience reduced productivity due to illness or the inability to concentrate on the job due to the illness of a family member. The study concluded that based on the responses, the workers were performing at half capacity, equaling a $260 billion economic value annually (Earley, 1986). Unfortunately, nearly $260 billion worth of goods and services that would have otherwise entered the market will not......

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