Janel Swallia
English 102 035W
Annotated
Bibliography
December 10,
2012
Annotated Bibliography
Thesis
Statement:
To that the government is essentially doing what they can with giving health
care to its citizens and the types of programs that they are funding to help
rid America of disease.
1. Rappuoli, Rino & Aderem, Alan. “A 2020
vision for vaccines against HIV, tuberculosis, and Malaria.” Nature Volume 473
(2011) pp463-469
This article speaks of how they are optimistic of
cures to come. This is relevant to the argument because it shows that thanks to
government funding on these programs that we have been able to come up with
results.
2. Girard P., Marc & Bansal P., Geetha. “HIV/AIDS
Vaccines: A Need for New Concepts?” International Reviews of Immunology (2008)
pp447-471
This article talk about how we are no closer to a
vaccine for HIV then we were ten years ago, and it goes on to speak of
different approaches to the situation could help. “In response to the recent
results indicating the failure of the Merck vaccine trial, some researchers and
activists called for a halt to the U.S. Government funding of AIDS vaccine
research.” (457). This will add to the support because the government was still
wanting to fund this program but it was different people who wanted them to
give up.
3. Saag S., Michael. “Opt-Out Testing: Who Can
Afford to Take Care of Patients with Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection?” http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/ (2012)
It talks of how HIV clinics may not be able to
afford an onslaught of new patients. On the first paragraph of the article it
says, “The appropriate adoption of a policy of opt-out universal testing for
HIV will likely increase the number of new HIV-infected patients seeking care
by at least by at least 25% over the next several years. On the basis of recent
analyses, this policy will save lives and reduce medical care costs. However,
the majority of clinics are currently operating at maximum capacity and cannot
absorb the influx of newly identified patients.” This is relevant to the
argument because It basically says that they are doing what they can but
because of increasing numbers it makes it more difficult.
4. Goodnough, Abby. “Liking it or Not, States
Prepare for Health Law” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/us/like-it-or-not-states-prepare-for-health-law.html?_r=0,
(2012)
This article is talking about how health care will
be forced onto people or they will have to pay a penalty. “The law requires all
states to have exchanges, which are essentially online marketplaces where small
businesses and individuals can shop for private health plans, in place by
January 2014, when a requirement takes effect for most Americans to have the
health insurance or pay a penalty.” This will be used to help see the other
side of the spectrum to help validate my original thesis further.
5. Miller, Tom & Capretta C. James. “Curing the
Pre-existing Conditions of ObamaCare” http://www.american.com/archive/2012/september/curing-the-pre-existing-conditions-of-obamacare,
(2012)
This is examining different ways to approach
healthcare without the costs that “ObamaCare” will put on people. “The federal
government should create a nationwide rule (which states would implement)
allowing the continuously insured to move from one insurance group to another, including
individual market plans, without facing coverage exclusions or premium
adjustments based on the development of potentially costly health conditions
since they first gained coverage.” This is helpful to my research because it
looks at ways to save the government money.
6. Monegain,
Bernie. “$103M in Government Funding Targets Chronic Disease” http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/103m-government-funding-targets-chronic-disease,
(2011)
This talks about how the 103 million was spent in
regards of healthcare. More specifically on Chronic Diseases. “Chronic diseases
are responsible for 75 percent of healthcare costs in the United States,
according to government statistics. The root causes of chronic disease are
often related to economic, social and physical factors such as tobacco use or a
lack of places to exercise.” This is relevant as it examines how getting rid of
certain things like tobacco can help reduce costs for health care.
This is just talking about how the budget for the
NIH and NCI will be going. “The current NIH budget is $30.6 billion for FY 2012, having peaked
in FY 2010. The President's Budget Proposal and a House-passed measure would
provide flat funding for FY2013, whereas the current Senate proposal would
provide a $100 million increase.”
8. Main,
Emily. “The Low-Cost Health Care Option You Never Heard Of” http://www.rodale.com/low-cost-health-care,
This is telling people of different government
programs that are already in effect. “One provision that you may not have heard
about is the establishment of Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIPs).
The plans are intended to help people who have pre-existing
conditions and were previously denied coverage to get insurance
between now and 2014, when the when the law will make it illegal for private
insurance companies to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.”
This is another way to show how the government can do away with Affordable
Health Care Act to help save money, because there are already programs lined up
to help people.
9. Griffin, R. Morgan. “Getting Insurance When you
Have a Health Problem” http://www.webmd.com/health-insurance/getting-insurance-when-you-have-health-problem
This is more on the different options that people
have when it comes to healthcare. “Government programs like Medicaid and SCHIP
(the State Children's Health Insurance Program) offer coverage to some low and
moderate-income families. However, experts say that many people who are
eligible don’t apply.” This is talking about more government programs are going
to waste.
10. Chantrill, Christopher. “Estimated FY 2012
Spending for Governments in the United States”, http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/current_spending.
(2012)
This final
source is talking about government spending and how it’s being planned on being
used this year. “Governments
spend about $1.1 trillion a year on health care, principally Medicare and
Medicaid.”
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