Blog #15

Describe the types of health care problems Americans face, and the government's role in seeking solutions.

Some of the problems Americans are facing is paying for prescription drugs because they just cost too much. It says in 2007, 1 in 7 Americans under the age of 65 didn't get any refills in their prescription drugs because the couldn't afford it. It risen through out the year from 2003 to 2007. 10.3% in 2003 and 13.9% in 2007 went without prescribed medication. Another problem is that "some 47 million U.S. residents have no health insurance and the number is just going to keep growing." And 8.7 million are kids."Working families are experiencing double-digit increases in the costs of health insurance, more out-of-pocket costs for doctor visits and skyrocketing prices for prescriptions, forcing many to delay getting needed medical care or worse—to decline coverage for themselves or their families because of cost." 32.5 million seniors and people with disabilities have to pay higher premiums and other Medicare cost.

"Forced 32.5 million seniors and people with disabilities to pay higher premiums and other Medicare costs.Dropped coverage for out-of-pocket expenses between $2,250 and $5,100. Prevented the federal government from negotiating lower drug costs and does nothing to rein in soaring prescription drug prices. Threatened the employer-provided drug benefits of millions of retirees." There's a systems that the U.S. wants to try to fix the health care problem but the feel that the system they're gonna use is going to leave too many working families uninsured. Obama's plan is to just lower the cost of health care for families, bushiness, and the government .

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1) What makes a compelling character is if they:
-have multiple wants
- "strong" wants
- uses powerful language
-irony
-relates to something
-has layers
-challenges the leader
-has a detailed background and etc.
for example, Chrissy Falletti in the story "Open Channels". She gives off good amount of information about her self so that the reader can picture who she is and what she might look like.

2) What makes an interesting plot is that if it hooks in the reader and makes them want to read the story. If it starts off strong and ends strong, concerts not pancakes. Even if it leaves the reader with questions like "I wonder what happened to her" "Or what happens next". In the story "Open Channels" here's the starting part "In 1975, Chrissy Falletti was born. She Seemed healthy at birth but then rapidly started losing weight. She was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with cystic fibrosis."

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4) They authors uses real life problems, events, and situations that they feel others been through or might go through some time in their lives. It's one of the best ways authors can get the readers to connect because they can relate to what's going with the character in the story and feel how they feel to because they're going through the same thing.