Health+Policy+Briefing

The top five health issues are Cancer, Heart conditions, Obesity, Unaffordable Health care, and Dental Care. [|www.Medassurant.com] 1. Cancer 2. Economically it’s very expensive for families to pay for cancer treatment. The high cost of treatment can have a dramatic effect on the family’s ability to care for the needs of the cancer patient and provide for the needs of the rest of the family as well. Politically cancer is a problem because of the health care coverage issues. [|www.medscpe.com] 3. The whole of the United States is affected by cancer. [|www.cpc.gov] 4. All demographics have the potential to be affected by cancer. Those who have worked in situations that have known carcinogens, such as coal mining, have a greater risk. [|www.CDC.gov/cancer/dcpc/data/demographics] 5. $ 228.1 billion total cost $ 93.2 billion in health expenditures $ 18.8 billion in cost of lost productivity due to illness $ 116.1 billion in cost of lost productivity due to premature death [|www.cancer.org/economicimpactsofcancer/] 6. To reform the cancer situation the amount of cancer patients covered by insurance would have to be greatly increased which would be a major cost to the economy. [|www.cancer.org] 7. If not reformed cost for treatment will continue to increase and fewer cancer patient swill be covered. Costs could reach possibly $300 billion dollars. [|www.cancer.org] 8. expansion and reform of the health care system to provide coverage for the uninsured. [|www.healthinsurancesecrets.com] 9. Most of the Democratic party [|www.healthpolicyandreform.nejm.org] 10. Conservative Republicans [|www.heritage.org]
 * Health Policy Briefing  **