October 7, 2009

1. On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being no problem and 10 being absolute catastrophe), how do you rate the fact that only a handful of corporations dominate production of the bulk of all the newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, books, and movies? Why? I rate it a ten because we have the absolute right to know what is going on around us. How do we ever know what the truth is if it is not available for us. I think it is our rights as Americans to know what is going on around us.



2a) What is the most important issue presented in the first three articles you've read for this class? I think the most important issue is just trying to figure out a plan to where everyone has health insurance of some kind that works. I think if other countries can do it than so can we. I think that it will cost a whole lot at first. But if everyone gets preventative health then there will not be as much of a buildup of medical cotastraphies.



2b) What IS the population health-oriented perspective on this issue (the perspective that will create the most good for the most people) - the "right" side?* I am not sure what the right side is. I think that it is possible that we are going to have to try to different options if one fails, but I do not think that we should give up on medical for American citizeans at all.




2c) What are the chances that health reform legislation will get it "right" on this issue? Why?
I think that if they truely work hard at it then they can get it right. I think there are always a precentage of people that want to see things fail and that would be one reasone that it wont be able to work. We would all need to be patient and work coopertively.