Denied Medical Care?

This story really makes me sad.

A couple who lives in the Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem was denied a doctor because of the area she lived in. The wife called an emergency service company for a doctor to come on a house-call and examine her feverish husband. She was afraid that he had the swine flu, but was too weak to even stand on his feet so they could go to a doctor/hospital.The representative who she spoke said that the doctor would not go to her house because she lives in the Arab part of town. She assured him that it was safe and she even said she could meet the doctor and bring him back, but she was still denied.

Even though this did not happen in a place close to home, it still makes me angry that people are being denied a right to their own health because of where they live or what ethnicity or religion they are. I am not familiar with the health care system in Jerusalem but if this had occurred in the US it would have been a huge deal. I can't imagine being denied. You just wonder what the outcome could be: did the husband live and get through his fever or did he take a turn for the worse...

Countries with the best healthcare

Healthcare isn't needed just in the United States; it is needed everywhere. It seems that many of the best healthcare system in the world are located in Europe. It doesn't really surprise me because I feel like now and days compared to our fluctuating government and economic recession, Europe has become very appealing (government wise). Many European countries healthcare system are a universal and socialized one. This seems to work for the people of the countries who utilize this way of the system.

Healthcare is just a touchy topic in any country, regardless of their political, social, religious, or cultural standing. We can only hope that as technology and discovering cures for diseases improves, that the health care will improve with it.

Affordable Health Care Act

Okay, so with the new health care reform that Obama has put into place, one of the main points is the Affordable Health Care Act. One goal of this Act is to cover everyone below the Federal Poverty Line. It helps reduce the inequalities that occur in the health care system by requiring all citizens to have medical insurance. 
From a sociological standpoint, this new act seems like a great addition to our health care system. It ensures that everybody has a fair opportunity to great doctors and the help they need, especially if they were too poor to have a personal doctor before. The one thing that seems to be missing in consideration from this law is that even though everyone has an opportunity to doctors, not everyone will still have the same level of care. The upper class will still use higher quality doctors while the lower class will have the option to use lower quality medical care. Also, the lower class doesn't always have healthy options available to them. They still will have to work in harmful conditions, eat cheaper food, and thus suffer from illnesses rather than a lack of health care. I think it is a good step in giving everybody equal opportunity, but there is more reform to be done to make sure that everyone is healthy.