SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture 38: Health and Aging 3
3 Apr 2016
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Healthcare system designed for hospital care for temporary illness - acute (short) condiions, not chronic illness o. Most of the care we need is self care, care at home, informal care when we are ill or injured - healthcare system not designed to fund these things. Failure to fund disease prevenion, informal care, self-care, and home care. Access remains an issue for some social groups. Examples of health care policies that received media atenion: o o o. Us health care reform: obama care - trying to get more americans health coverage. Canada: family planning and infant and maternal health funding (g8-g20 meeings), Stephen harper announced focus of these meeings would be funding for maternal and infant health in developing companies --> debate about whether canadian tax payer money put towards this family planning. Bush"s (2003) pepfar program (president"s emergency plan for aids relief)
