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Topic 1:

Hello professor and classmates.  I chose Medicare.  I chose this subject because my parents are both on Medicare and it seems like it doesn't do much for them in terms of helping them since they have retired from their jobs.  I think it would be useful to me as a medical office manager, or as a professional health insurance specialist to know and understand Medicare inside and out to provide the very best options to patients.  Medicare is federal health insurance for people who are 65 or older, people with End Stage Renal Disease sometimes called ESRD, or certain younger people with disabilities.  http://www.medicare.gov.  I very much believe in Universal Health Insurance with a single payer system for America.  I would love to see the day that this becomes how we do healthcare.  Medicare and Medicaid are what provide American citizens with health care coverage.  With that I mean people who don't already, or can't afford insurance.  I think health care is both a privilege and a right.  I think it's a privilege to work for a company that you can get health insurance from.  I also think that it's a privilege for people who can afford their own private insurance when they work for someone like a small business that doesn't provide any insurance.  I think that it's everyone's right to insurance and good medical care regardless of income or not able to afford health insurance, or for any other reason.  I believe that we all as a society deserve the best of everything and that by denying people we are forcing people to die. 

Topic 2:

A single payer system is estimated to greatly lower health care spending in the U.S., with less of a focus on profit and more of a focus on care and prevention. Since all insurers would be under one roof they would have tremendous buying power which would help to alleivate the current health care crisis caused by underlying health care costs. We could maintain a healthier population requiring less treatment and spend more money on care and less on overhead. The federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, also known as the Cobra Law, guarantees that working Americans who lose their jobs do not lose their health insurance. In addition to the federal COBRA Law, Oregon and Washington provide additional state laws for insurance coverage continuation. I think when people say healthcare is a right, or ought to be a right, they don't always have the same thing in mind. I think everyone would agree that you shouldn't be denied healthcare on account of race, or religion , or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.

Topic 3:

Being overly honest, I have never allowed anything the media reports affect my decisions in life. I am a person who thinks that most things are case sensitive. What might be true for one person, will not always be true for another. I also found that more often than not, the information presented if flawed, exaggerated, or taken out of context. I feel like the media sometimes just wants to find things to report.

Recently my daughter and I had to spend two nights at the hospital. She was diagnosed with the gastrointestinal bug (GI). My entire family ending up getting it. It is terrible and long lasting. I chose an article related to that. The article isFrequent gastrointestinal issues may be early sign of autism, study says. It was reported by Fox News online. The article covers the GI bug and says that Scientists have discovered a link to autism. “A new study found children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were two-and-a-half times more likely to experience persistent gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms as infants and toddlers than children without autism” (Cappon, 2015). However, in the article they do explain that GI symptoms alone were not a cause for alarm in parents. Researchers have found a link, but not enough factors to complete the chain. They hope to find more to complete the study.

I think that there is a time to rely on media-reported science over peer-reviewed scientific results. Honestly, anytime I see anything on Facebook that my friends have posted about science, I disregard it. Not because my friends are unintelligent, but because Facebook is incredibly unreliable. Most of the information is misrepresented or opinionated. The primary difference between communication of scientific results in the scientific community and news media reporting is the use of information. I feel that the science community is reporting for interest and common ground where as the media is reporting to make a story or to relay information to the general public. People will always want to be right, and this can sometimes cloud judgment.

I think that the media can absolutely make someone change a decision or change how they feel about a topic on scientific research. For example, when the media began talking about global warming I noticed a lot of people began to adopt highways and clean up. They also started world for change on Disney Chanel shortly after. I don’t know that it is related, but it was worth noting.

Topic 4:

How often do you rely on media for scientific information to make decisions in your life? To be honest, and this is just my opinion, I don't rely on the media for scientific information. Looking at the some of the things they put for you to do or not do and I feel like looking a the media to live your could possibly have people afraid to do certain things or to overdo them. So honestly I live my life without revolving it around the media. Just like the ebola outbreak than all at once you hear absolutely nothing about it anymore but I'm not gone get into that. 

Provide a specific example of scientific results being reported in media (e.g., a flu epidemic, a projected storm, or fracking). Be sure to include the headline, APA citation, and one sentence summary of the report. Where I am from and as well as a few more states the flu has became an epidemic this year because there were a new part of the flu (H3) that was not injected into the flu shot which made many more people subtitle to contacting the flu (Control, 2015). Here are some reports on the flu in the top states, which type of flu, and number of deaths.

Are there times when it is more appropriate to rely on media-reported science and other times when it is more appropriate to rely on peer-reviewed scientific results? Explain. Peer-reviewed scientific results would be more appropriate to rely on because the media reported science may or may not legit and where the source actually came from.

What do you think is the primary difference between communication of scientific results in the scientific community (peer-reviewed journals) and news media reporting? The difference would be how the information presented and the information was received.

Can the media influence the decisions that you make and how you feel about a topic on scientific research? Provide at least one example. Indeed media can influence a lot including the decision that one makes. For example with the ebola outbreak they had a few people who were afraid of traveling but then all at once this outbreak disappeared. Another example would be how social media talks about fast food restaurants and this fast food place needs to be avoided and not the other so people stop visiting and eating at these places. For example I see a lot of how McDonalds get their food and as someone who use to work their part time I know that's a lie. The store brought patties that many people by is what they use. For someone like me who loves food I don't care what you any media or scientist have to say about it because I'm still gone eat it. Ima just pray over my food like I always do and still eat. To be honest a situation happened a while back where we had be on tv for something that had happened to a dear friend, someone I went to school with and the way they presented the story was completely different from how we told them and every since then I just stop believing everything they ever talk about unless I see it for myself.

Health care organization3

Topic 1:

Hello professor and classmates.  I chose Medicare.  I chose this subject because my parents are both on Medicare and it seems like it doesn't do much for them in terms of helping them since they have retired from their jobs.  I think it would be useful to me as a medical office manager, or as a professional health insurance specialist to know and understand Medicare inside and out to provide the very best options to patients.  Medicare is federal health insurance for people who are 65 or older, people with End Stage Renal Disease sometimes called ESRD, or certain younger people with disabilities.  http://www.medicare.gov.  I very much believe in Universal Health Insurance with a single payer system for America.  I would love to see the day that this becomes how we do healthcare.  Medicare and Medicaid are what provide American citizens with health care coverage.  With that I mean people who don't already, or can't afford insurance.  I think health care is both a privilege and a right.  I think it's a privilege to work for a company that you can get health insurance from.  I also think that it's a privilege for people who can afford their own private insurance when they work for someone like a small business that doesn't provide any insurance.  I think that it's everyone's right to insurance and good medical care regardless of income or not able to afford health insurance, or for any other reason.  I believe that we all as a society deserve the best of everything and that by denying people we are forcing people to die. 

Topic 2:

A single payer system is estimated to greatly lower health care spending in the U.S., with less of a focus on profit and more of a focus on care and prevention. Since all insurers would be under one roof they would have tremendous buying power which would help to alleivate the current health care crisis caused by underlying health care costs. We could maintain a healthier population requiring less treatment and spend more money on care and less on overhead. The federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, also known as the Cobra Law, guarantees that working Americans who lose their jobs do not lose their health insurance. In addition to the federal COBRA Law, Oregon and Washington provide additional state laws for insurance coverage continuation. I think when people say healthcare is a right, or ought to be a right, they don't always have the same thing in mind. I think everyone would agree that you shouldn't be denied healthcare on account of race, or religion , or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.

Topic 3:

Being overly honest, I have never allowed anything the media reports affect my decisions in life. I am a person who thinks that most things are case sensitive. What might be true for one person, will not always be true for another. I also found that more often than not, the information presented if flawed, exaggerated, or taken out of context. I feel like the media sometimes just wants to find things to report.

Recently my daughter and I had to spend two nights at the hospital. She was diagnosed with the gastrointestinal bug (GI). My entire family ending up getting it. It is terrible and long lasting. I chose an article related to that. The article isFrequent gastrointestinal issues may be early sign of autism, study says. It was reported by Fox News online. The article covers the GI bug and says that Scientists have discovered a link to autism. “A new study found children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were two-and-a-half times more likely to experience persistent gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms as infants and toddlers than children without autism” (Cappon, 2015). However, in the article they do explain that GI symptoms alone were not a cause for alarm in parents. Researchers have found a link, but not enough factors to complete the chain. They hope to find more to complete the study.

I think that there is a time to rely on media-reported science over peer-reviewed scientific results. Honestly, anytime I see anything on Facebook that my friends have posted about science, I disregard it. Not because my friends are unintelligent, but because Facebook is incredibly unreliable. Most of the information is misrepresented or opinionated. The primary difference between communication of scientific results in the scientific community and news media reporting is the use of information. I feel that the science community is reporting for interest and common ground where as the media is reporting to make a story or to relay information to the general public. People will always want to be right, and this can sometimes cloud judgment.

I think that the media can absolutely make someone change a decision or change how they feel about a topic on scientific research. For example, when the media began talking about global warming I noticed a lot of people began to adopt highways and clean up. They also started world for change on Disney Chanel shortly after. I don’t know that it is related, but it was worth noting.

Topic 4:

How often do you rely on media for scientific information to make decisions in your life? To be honest, and this is just my opinion, I don't rely on the media for scientific information. Looking at the some of the things they put for you to do or not do and I feel like looking a the media to live your could possibly have people afraid to do certain things or to overdo them. So honestly I live my life without revolving it around the media. Just like the ebola outbreak than all at once you hear absolutely nothing about it anymore but I'm not gone get into that. 

Provide a specific example of scientific results being reported in media (e.g., a flu epidemic, a projected storm, or fracking). Be sure to include the headline, APA citation, and one sentence summary of the report. Where I am from and as well as a few more states the flu has became an epidemic this year because there were a new part of the flu (H3) that was not injected into the flu shot which made many more people subtitle to contacting the flu (Control, 2015). Here are some reports on the flu in the top states, which type of flu, and number of deaths.

Are there times when it is more appropriate to rely on media-reported science and other times when it is more appropriate to rely on peer-reviewed scientific results? Explain. Peer-reviewed scientific results would be more appropriate to rely on because the media reported science may or may not legit and where the source actually came from.

What do you think is the primary difference between communication of scientific results in the scientific community (peer-reviewed journals) and news media reporting? The difference would be how the information presented and the information was received.

Can the media influence the decisions that you make and how you feel about a topic on scientific research? Provide at least one example. Indeed media can influence a lot including the decision that one makes. For example with the ebola outbreak they had a few people who were afraid of traveling but then all at once this outbreak disappeared. Another example would be how social media talks about fast food restaurants and this fast food place needs to be avoided and not the other so people stop visiting and eating at these places. For example I see a lot of how McDonalds get their food and as someone who use to work their part time I know that's a lie. The store brought patties that many people by is what they use. For someone like me who loves food I don't care what you any media or scientist have to say about it because I'm still gone eat it. Ima just pray over my food like I always do and still eat. To be honest a situation happened a while back where we had be on tv for something that had happened to a dear friend, someone I went to school with and the way they presented the story was completely different from how we told them and every since then I just stop believing everything they ever talk about unless I see it for myself.