Sarah Brown

English 1106
Nicole William’s
April 1, 2010

Annotated Bibliography/Interview

Research:

% Today, more than forty-seven million Americans have no health

care insurance. A crucial issue that seems to have no positive outcome

in today’s financial system. Facing the issue on how patients without

health insurance can be treated for emergency care; hospitals are now

making it mandatory for patients to get charged to their credit cards.

Ultimately lowering personal balances and leading to future

bankruptcy. With the anxiety for American patients who are or aren’t

insured paying for illegal immigrants; is not only lowering the

relationship and time with doctors, but having us compensate for their

illegal residency. Why should they be able to live the same life as

American citizens, if they don’t have to pay the same equality for

health care insurance? According to the New York Times “Four of every

ten physicians report that their patients have had problems with

coordination of their care in the last 12 months due to the number of

uninsured patients waiting for hospital care.” Currently, more than

sixty percent of patients aren’t receiving the medical care they are

paying for. This is only sky rocketing each day! Regardless of whether

American citizens are insured, the United States continues to have

high spending rates only becoming progressively worse with our

economy.

Together as One

It’s a warm Thursday night, as I decide to head over to

Montgomery Regional Hospital to find possible patients to interview

what they think of the new health care bill along with the policies in

the medical care insurance. It’s a little more chaotic than usual as I

notice there are more people surrounding the front desk where

Kimberly sits cumbersome. Different groups wait, causing commotion

over the ledge of the desk. With her hand in one ear and the telephone

placed against the other, she turns her back patiently trying to listen to

the call on the other line while drowning out the intolerant and ill-

mannered customers waiting on the other. I observe that there are

different people trying to capture her attention while her back is

turned. The first is a mother and her young daughter, about ten

shaking papers over the ledge stating, “My daughter is in pre existing

conditions, why wont my insurance cover this?” While next to her four

young Mexican men gossip in another language, looking at their credit

cards with confusion and disbelief. On the side tolerantly hunched

over, leans an older gentleman with large spectacles and his wife

sitting beside him in a wheelchair. He appears to be in his late

sixties/early seventies. He whispers to his wife wondering how his

retirement is going to make up for his medical tests and prescriptions

he’s been going through the past month. As Kimberley hangs up she

asks the cluster of patients who needs assistant first. All three groups

look at one another in silence and take a step back, allowing the older

man to seek for assistance first. He steps forward, gripping onto the

border of wood nailed to the wall, with a pipe hanging out of his plaid

fleece jacket pocket. In a raspy voice he tells Kimberly that he needs

his prescriptions to be passed at the pharmacy, to be able to function

throughout the days. I can see sadness in Kimberly’s eyes feeling

sorrow for the old man. She phones Dr. G and informs the older

gentleman that he will be personally directed through a precise system

to assist him of any medical needs or concerns he has.

Next in line the four Mexican men step up and accidently speak

to Kimberly in a different lingo, catching himself halfway in the first

sentence. With a kind and sweet accent the man tells Kimberly “I have

just come to the States six months ago, this is my first visit to a health

facility.” This being a tough situation for Kimberly to take care of

herself; she page’s Samantha H. head nurse and hand for international

patients. Once Samantha arrives and understands the circumstances

she tells the men “Depending on how the medical services you need, I
can’t immediately assist you, before other patients who have been

waiting their turn.” Although today illegalized citizens are perceived as

one of two things: nationalists (people having no right to have benefits

as an illegal citizen) or humanists (seeing that they can have

admission to health care.) The men look at her still confused,

misunderstanding what she is saying and show her their credit cards

pointing. Samantha apologizes “You’re so patient Kim. I honestly don’t

know what we’d do without you here, since the staff has been so

limited.” The men are soon directed back to their seating, where they

have to wait with the rest of the patients before them. According to

Center for Immigration Studies “There are 14.5 million immigrants and

their U.S.-born children (under 18) who lack health insurance. They

account for 31.9 percent of the entire uninsured population.

Immigrants and their children are 16.8 percent of the nation’s total

population.” Learning about these new informative statistics and the

possible new health care bill; our government is still trying to figure out

whether we are reliable to pay for other illegal immigrants as a nation

or let them fend for themselves and be a true U.S citizen?

As time passed and the night went on, I noticed that the number

of nurses that has been there earlier was even smaller than the

previous hour. Kimberly tells me that there is a shortage of nurses on

all the shifts, requiring her to work overtime while others go home to

their families. “Being young, and still not married I don’t mind so much
the extra work time; but I’m worried that the hospital may get too

comfortable having me and some of the other nurses working over

time; instead of hiring.” Kimberly is just as concerned as any another

person would be. With the concern of Medicated, the New Health Care

Bill trying to be passed, how senior citizens are going to be able to pay

for their needed remedy, and how illegal immigrants are going to be

able to get away with paying no medical care. These are all questions

concerned Americans wait, parallel to patients in the waiting room of

the Montgomery Regional Hospital.

Bibliography:

"AACN - Media - Nursing Shortage Resource." Welcome to AACN.

Web. 01 Apr. 2010. Website.

This site helped provide information about the licensing of nurses

and how the economy is being impacted due to these shortages.

This site also touches a little on facts from the Association of

Academic Health Center and how shortages of nurses is crucial in

 threatening the nations health occupation, and learning

communications.

"Global Major Medical Insurance for Immigrants (H1b, H4, L1, L2, B1,

B2, Etc..) and Foreign Nationals." Visitors Medical Insurance and

International Travel Health Insurance. Web. 02 Apr. 2010. Website.

In this source, I was able to learn about the difference between citizens

who study abroad in the United States and are offered specific

medical insurance versus citizens who want to remain permanent,

without legalizing themselves and paying the costs.

"Immigrants & Health Care." NILC Home. Web. 02 Apr. 2010. Website.

This source was constructive because it touched on three significant

points: new medical technology, costs of medical care, and why health

care is being spent so rapidly for American civilians; and how Medicare

is affecting seniors.

"New Healthcare Bill Pros and Cons: It Expands Benefits Now, Cuts

Them Later /." The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com. Web. 01

Apr. 2010. Website.

This website helped assist me in understanding how the government

works with federal spending on health care and federal tax subsidies

for health care; giving me further insight on the pros and cons of the
new health care bill.

"Nursing Shortages: A Growing Concern." Almanac of Policy Issues.

Web. 02 Apr. 2010. Website.

I haven’t used this website in my paper too much yet, but it will be

effective in my fourth essay; when I discuss the shortage of nurses on

staff. As well as the recent surge in nurse employment: health affairs.

"Pros, Cons, and Misconceptions About the National Health Care Bill."

EziSubmission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles For Massive

Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints. 01 Apr. 2010.

Print.

On this site, it assists me in the different pros and cons about medical

care coverage. This helped me with my paper, by understanding the

difference in insurance offered to illegal immigrants versus legalized

citizens.

Right to Health Care ProCon.org. Web. 01 Apr. 2010. Website.

Reading this article, gave me insight whether all Americans should

have the right to health care, being the largest industry employing

more than fourteen million people nationwide; as well as U.S. health

spending versus our economy.

"Rising Health Care Costs Put Focus on Illegal Immigrants -

USATODAY.com." News, Travel, Weather, Entertainment, Sports,

Technology, U.S. & World - USATODAY.com. Web. 02 Apr. 2010.

Website.

In this source, I was able to understand the cost of health care and how

the increase of illegal immigrants are impacting our relationships/ care

with our doctors/physicians. It also had me recognize the intense

argument with immigrants being deported because they are unable to

understand the payment of insurance and medical bills.