#18

What are your character's main goals for the Senate Health Care Hearings?

To get better coverage for doctors and pre-med students. Also to get doctors to be paid on time and paid more.

What do you want to accomplish?

Doctors paid on time and paid more.

How do you plan to accomplish it?

I am a lobbyest, so I have been talking to each side to look over bills and I have taken people out to lunch.

Who are you working with to get this done?
I am basically working with everyone and no one. I also have been working with the other lobbyests- Neil, and Deigo.

#17

The first articles talk about how expensive health care is and how bankrupt America already is, "medicare system is roughly $80 trillion in the hole." The government doesn't support CBB, it is such a controversial topic that it will always be a win/lose situation, since this is such a extremist topic. If Medicare started covering CBB the dept they are in would be increased since it is an expensive process.

Then next articles are talking about how health care isn't that expensive and how we are paying for universal health care but not getting it. It gives a lot of statistics and numbers explaining such things. "Americans spend more than anyone else in the world on health care. Each health insurer adds its bureaucracy, profits, high corprate salaries, advertising, and sales commissions to the actual cost of providing care." Basically, each health insurer adds on extra costs to the actual cost, marking up the costs which we then will wind up paying.

#16

Then, explain how this debate impacts your topic for Life: The Book. Be sure to address your topic from more than one perspective, as you have six different authors to discuss!
If we had universal health care I believe that it would only cover the basic needs of everyone, since it would be so expensive. So then the controversy starts. Is cord blood banking necessary? It would save your childs life from any number of problems, and is that worth paying for?
I believe yes. I believe that if we have the cure to cancer we aren't going to wonder "hmm should we use this?" No we are going to treat every person possible. But yet, why are we so concerned with stem cells? There are many ways around killing and unborn child, and also if the woman is going to have an abortion, then why not put that condemed cells to use in benifiting another life?
Finally, discuss what you believe. Aim for a thoughtful explanation of your beliefs.

"Thus, isn't the right to health care actually a power to force doctors to probide people with medical services?" This is a very contorversial statement because there is about an even split of people who would believe that health care should be a universial right, and about another half that believe that if you can't pay then you shouldn't have it. Also the few who are stuck in the middle, like myself, who just don't really care one way or the other.

#15

4. Describe the types of health care problems Americans face, and the government's role in seeking solutions.
One of the major issues is that our health care is nearly twice as much, per capital, as other countries. We spend over 1.4 trillion per year on health care, which represents about 15 % or a 7th of our total gross domestic income. The cost of health care is constantly increasing which in turn prevents companies from hiring as many workers as they need, which forces them to have their other workers to do more jobs. Most companies have begun to realizes that they can get away with not covering their employee's health care, and expect them to pay out of pocket for it. Also if a person gets hurt, which enables them from working they usually get fired or don't get a paid leave, which then they have to spend excessive amounts of money on covering their health care bills for which they wont get paid.

http://www.healthcareproblems.org/category/patient-statements

For whichever one you choose, feel free to answer in a manner that specifically addresses your topic for Life: The Book or a more general manner (remember that the general manner could still be very useful for your article, as it could provide background info). Be sure to embed links to relevant information and sources of further information.

Then, answer the following, using our past readings & related sources.

1. Using a specific example, describe what makes a compelling character in narrative nonfiction or literary journalism.

Someone who you can relate to, or someone who is an authority figure and that you look up to. You need characters who know what they are talking about and who have passion that is addictive which will spread through the writing and infect the readers. You need a character who is able to add importance to the writing.

2. Using a specific example, describe what makes an interesting plot in narrative nonfiction or literary journalism.

There is conflict, an argument, with both sides shown. There has to be a lot of evidence and facts, but not so much that the reader will be lost, but enough to prove the reader of a good reason as to why they are currently reading the article.

3. What specific steps do authors take to write non-jargon-based scientific writing?
they explain using punctuation and similes to explain what jargon they do have to use. In some ways they dumb it down to make sure the audience of which they choose will understand. The author has to act as a filter almost.

4. What specific steps do authors take to encourage their readers to connect with their stories?
They use characters which you can connect to, and try to inspire you with their words to force you into action. They try to make you connect with a person or a problem which will help you realize how big of a deal this problem is. The article has to include a loop and some concerts not pancakes, they have to relate, and compare and contrast. The writing needs to be relate to the reader, or at least in the end leave the reader thinking about the problem or wondering how they can get involved.

#14

1.
1a Cord Blood Banking, stem cell.
1b Cord Blood Banking, future usage

2.
2a There is a big controversy about the whole issue. Some people are trying to make a case about how stem cell research and cord blood banking should be illegal, all though when its a privately owed company they are freely allowed to do what they want. Most, not all, but most cord blood banks are privately owned.

http://www.cordblood.com/cord-blood-banking-news.asp

http://www.cordblood.com/azfamily.asp

2b Health care is almost completely controlled by the government. Stem Cell research is not supported by the government in certain ways, such as the government wont cover it if you are insured by the government, they support the research of stem cells, but not the use of it. The cord blood banks are almost all privately owned since the government wont support them. George Bush was fervently against the research and even the use of stem cells, where as Obama, isn't. Stem cells are a huge help to our society, yet there are SO many differeing views on if they should be used or not, and since the government has it's hand in everything. They have laws and regulations state wide, on federal level, and then each branch has their views, and then even each state has THEIR laws on each medical need, and thats only the surface of the medical laws.

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5645.html
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2006/mar/23/the-health-care-crisis-and-what-to-do-about-it/

3.
3a The economical side of this is that if everyone had the money and access to this asset then there wouldn't be much of a problem. But not everyone makes enough money to have their childs blood stored. Which makes it into a larger controversy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_blood_bank#Is_Cord_Blood
http://pediatrics.about.com/od/agesandstages/i/cord_blood_bank.htm

3b There is a long list of things that cord blood can and will be used to solve, such as

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Breast Cancer

• Crohn's Disease Just to name a few. In the future who knows what this research could find a cure to! In the past when people got ill, they either died, or didn't. We are coming up with so many ways that will cure so many things in the future.
  

http://www.mazecordblood.com/cordblood-research.htm

#12

Idea #1 I would want to be indoors. I would love to work with kids, so I would be really busy all the time. I would love to just be available for anyone in the work place if they need me. I would love to just be able to help people, be it adults or kids. I want to feel like I changed something or made someones life a little easier.

Idea # 2 I would love to be able to use my creative abilities, and develop my leadership skills and my interpersonal skills. I would like to be able to work with kids, and to develop my leadership skills with kids, and also to be able to develop my ablitity to handle stress better.

Idea #3 should be the types of things you'd like to learn at internship. Would you like to learn how the business really works? Do you want to know how to bake a gourmet cake? Do you want to find out how movies are made? Describe the big ideas that you want to learn about while you are on the job. Post a cool picture that represents at least one of these big ideas.

I would learn how a where i work.. works. Like if i work at a pediatric office, want to shadow a nurse and learn how the work, and a doctor. I just want to be a shadow to everyone and mimic how they work in real life.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703358504575544381288117888.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter

I remember we talked about this in class so of course I wanted more information, so I read the article. I can't imagine being violated the way these people are. Drug producers are going into private conversations and getting information on peoples private matters about their health. Its terrible, some companies are selling this information to other companies. Its horrific to know that your not safe on the web even if you log in with a password.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scraper_site
When i wanted more information on this i went to WIKI!!! It was actually very helpful in defining this idea more thoroughly. Its not a person doing this, but the actual website.

A scraper is a website that takes your personal information, such as passwords, cellphone numbers, addresses, and sells them to companies who want to spam you.