Center for American Awesomeness
Health Care
America’s Health at Risk: Implementing a Rigorous Physical Fitness Regiment in Schools
Alyson Garino
This issue brief discusses the need for elementary, middle, and high schools to implement more beneficial physical education programs. With the need for high scores on standardized tests, along with budget cuts, physical fitness has been placed on the back burner in many school systems across the U.S.. Childhood obesity is on the rise and it seems that an increase of physical activity in schools will act as a very effective remedy when trying to eliminate this health crisis.
The ACA: Just What the Doctor ordered For U.S. Mental Healthcare
Jackie Proszynski
For decades the U.S. government has neglected to incorperate mental health in our general healthcare policies. Meanwhile, 50 million Americans needing mental services did not obtain them due to negative stigmas and lack of insurance coverage, creating a vicious mental illness cycle. However President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act address these issues as it incorporates mental health as an essential health benefit, thus improving the quality of American life psychologically and economically.
Let Them Eat Grass: How America’s Obesity Crisis Can Be Solved in the School Lunchroom
Jackie Patterson
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Fixing Our Broken Health Care and Rejoining the Developed World
Spencer Schrock
America currently faces rising health care costs and the nation is divided over the right approach. After passing the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the United States is taking steps in the right direction, but the paper advocates for universal health care as the moral and economical solution for these issues.
Advocacy
The State of U.S. Heath Care
Spencer Schrock
How familiar are you with current health care costs and legislation in the United States right now? The health care quiz at http://healthcareadvocacy.weebly.com/ challeneges your knowledge of current affiars as well as explaining the facts briefly after each question!