Essays on Cobra

Introduction

President Obama enacted the Affordable Care Act as a United States Federal statute in 2010. Together with the amendment to the reconciliation bill, it promised to expand health insurance to all citizens at a reasonable cost. PPACA defines the health care as neither the right nor privilege of people but it states that citizens, however, do have a right to “affordable” healthcare, which it tries to achieve through a partnership between the market and the government. The ACA is a result of an evolution of government-funded plans such as Medicare and Medicaid as well as statutes such as HIPAA, ...

An example of something that was counter-intuitive

Some countries try to stimulate their economies by increasing the money supply. When people have a lot of money, you would expect them not to be poor since they can buy whatever they desire. Economists have tried to explain what happens in most countries where such policies are implemented. In most cases, it is found that people tend to become poorer despite the availability of money. The common intuition is that the economy will get stimulated, but economists describe this as a country being in a liquidity trap. People demand more than what is the productive capacity of their ...

Analysis of Sphinx

The Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030–1650 B.C.) was a period of significant transformation in ancient Egypt. It was during this period that older cultural principles and artistic conventions revived. The changes that characterize the Middle Kingdom 1 can be seen in its architecture, culture, jewelry, literature, paintings and reliefs. The focus of the essay is to analyze the “Sphinx of King Senwosret” from Thebes, Karnak temple in Dynasty 12 and describe the artwork visually. It looks behind the political or symbolic meaning and why the Sphinx a really important symbol.

Sphinx of King Senwosret III

Sphinx of King Senwosret dates back to 1878–1840 ...

French Cuisine

In a world, where there are so many cuisines, there are dishes that even with such a rich variety of flavors and cooking methods are considered exotic. According to Bhatia, ten most exotic foods from around the world include Carzu Marzu on the first place of the list, Monkey Brains on the second and Live Cobra Heart on the third. To try or at least order these dishes you need to be an absolute Braveheart because Carzu Marzu, which is an Italian dish, is a type of sheep milk cheese, which has “live insect larvae” in it, that are ...

This course has been an eye-opener on issues covering the difficulties health practitioners goes through in terms of their own medical cover, pension, and enumerations. Although health practitioner gives care to the general public and work tirelessly to ensure we have a healthy society, practitioners also need access to health care whenever they fall ill or get injured in the course of discharging their duties. Additionally, as they leave this profession at their retirement age, it is essential for them to continue living a normal life and also enjoy having access to health care. Thus, this course has been ...

Why it important for nurses to understand health care financing

The current healthcare setting is characterized by insistence on monitoring and evaluation of patient outcomes. These patient outcomes have expanded and the focus on costs of care as direct indicators of patient outcomes all but reflects how the role of the nurse may have equally expanded. Nurses have long been regarded as patient advocates and they still remain so even in the current context even with more roles to play in this advocacy aspect (Sherman & Mary Bishop, 2012). The patient-centric care approaches place their emphasis on the patient as the center of attention and the primary element of care. ...