Project 4- Synthesis
Art
For art I wanted to draw using several different charcoal and drawing pencils. I planned to take the normal seen of an older man in a hospital room, but combine that with messages about the government and the cost of living. When I starting sketching out the final drawing. I focused on changing a 100 dollar bill into a fabric like blanket. When creating the blanket, I changed the $100 to $10,000 to represent the absurd price of medical care. I removed the mans face to be just a dollar sign. His face was created like that to demonstrate the objectification of people going into the hospital seeking care imposed on them from the government and health insurance companies.
For art I wanted to draw using several different charcoal and drawing pencils. I planned to take the normal seen of an older man in a hospital room, but combine that with messages about the government and the cost of living. When I starting sketching out the final drawing. I focused on changing a 100 dollar bill into a fabric like blanket. When creating the blanket, I changed the $100 to $10,000 to represent the absurd price of medical care. I removed the mans face to be just a dollar sign. His face was created like that to demonstrate the objectification of people going into the hospital seeking care imposed on them from the government and health insurance companies.
Global studies
For global studies I wanted to understand the ways other countries around the world deal with healthcare.
The first country I looked at was Singapore. I was interested in comparing the financial status of each country compared to how much healthcare is covered for each. Singapore spends about 4% of GDP on healthcare. Just last year, Singapore spent about 2000 per person on healthcare, the US spent 7000 per person.
The second healthcare system I looked at was the Uk. The UK uses a government run healthcare system. Coverage overlaps a wide number of things. Preventive services, inpatient care, outpatient care, physicians, drugs, dental care, mental health care, palliative care, rehabilitation, long term care, even some eye care. Once you become a citizen, healthcare is pretty much free as a tax paying citizen.
Next up was Rwanda. Rwanda uses Ubudehe, a program, which is used to classify people according to their socio-economic status. Rwanda's healthcare system operates 499 health centers, 680 health posts which are mainly involved with the outpatient programs such as immunizations and family planning services, a number of dispensaries, and 42 district hospitals, which is a huge improvement compared to other African countries.
The point of researching the 3 different countries I chose was to understand how looking at the successes of those countries, and being able to understand how to implement them in the setting of first world America. (How can America start working towards universal healthcare? Would it work?)
My personal conclusion was that yes, I do think universal healthcare and socialized medicine is the best for first world America. Right now, America spends 15 trillion dollars on insurance and 5 trillion through co-pays or direct payments. That means the US spend 20 trillion dollars on healthcare insurance. Universal health care would also help cuts cost of over priced medical treatment and medicine as done in other countries with socialized healthcare systems. With the resources possessed by the United States, money can be redirected to begin putting in place a single-payer socialized medicine.
To sum and conclude my project I wrote an essay explaining my thought process.
For global studies I wanted to understand the ways other countries around the world deal with healthcare.
The first country I looked at was Singapore. I was interested in comparing the financial status of each country compared to how much healthcare is covered for each. Singapore spends about 4% of GDP on healthcare. Just last year, Singapore spent about 2000 per person on healthcare, the US spent 7000 per person.
The second healthcare system I looked at was the Uk. The UK uses a government run healthcare system. Coverage overlaps a wide number of things. Preventive services, inpatient care, outpatient care, physicians, drugs, dental care, mental health care, palliative care, rehabilitation, long term care, even some eye care. Once you become a citizen, healthcare is pretty much free as a tax paying citizen.
Next up was Rwanda. Rwanda uses Ubudehe, a program, which is used to classify people according to their socio-economic status. Rwanda's healthcare system operates 499 health centers, 680 health posts which are mainly involved with the outpatient programs such as immunizations and family planning services, a number of dispensaries, and 42 district hospitals, which is a huge improvement compared to other African countries.
The point of researching the 3 different countries I chose was to understand how looking at the successes of those countries, and being able to understand how to implement them in the setting of first world America. (How can America start working towards universal healthcare? Would it work?)
My personal conclusion was that yes, I do think universal healthcare and socialized medicine is the best for first world America. Right now, America spends 15 trillion dollars on insurance and 5 trillion through co-pays or direct payments. That means the US spend 20 trillion dollars on healthcare insurance. Universal health care would also help cuts cost of over priced medical treatment and medicine as done in other countries with socialized healthcare systems. With the resources possessed by the United States, money can be redirected to begin putting in place a single-payer socialized medicine.
To sum and conclude my project I wrote an essay explaining my thought process.
English
For English my goal was to look at different countries (Rwanda, Singapore, The Uk) and look at the specific laws and regulations that I personally agree with. I sorted through Bernie Sanders Medicare-for-all bill and picked out ideas that I thought would pair the best with the concepts from other countries. After finding and breaking down individual laws and regulations, I but them into a mind map along with my new order of plans. I drew connections between the new created law and tried it back to were I got the insproation
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For English my goal was to look at different countries (Rwanda, Singapore, The Uk) and look at the specific laws and regulations that I personally agree with. I sorted through Bernie Sanders Medicare-for-all bill and picked out ideas that I thought would pair the best with the concepts from other countries. After finding and breaking down individual laws and regulations, I but them into a mind map along with my new order of plans. I drew connections between the new created law and tried it back to were I got the insproation
mm.tt/1395802072?t=Dj4WPP6Xf2