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Medicaid Eligibility and Accessibility: Exploring the Intersection of Poverty, Mental Health, and Incarceration from an Ethical Perspective
This paper will address the many facets of why Medicaid mental health resources should be expanded and enhanced for low-income individuals, specifically those recently released from incarceration. First, the connection ...
Structural Isolation of the Poor in Urban America
In this paper, I explore the reasons for which concentrated poverty is a consequence of the social, political, and market mechanisms at work in urban America. I then highlight the negative effects that result from living ...
Indigents and the Courts: The Failures of Public Defense Systems
The criminal justice system starts with investigation and arrest and can end with life imprisonment or even death. Along the way there are many steps for which having a good attorney can make a significant difference. This ...
Low Income Women and Barriers to Breastfeeding
This paper explores why breastfeeding is such an important issue for disadvantaged women, the actions that should be taken to encourage low-income mothers to breastfeed, and how to support and protect the mothers who do ...
The 2006 Massachusetts Health Reform Act: Can a Politically and Economically Feasible Health Care Plan Establish a Just Distribution of Health Care for the Poor?
This essay considers whether the Massachusetts Health Reform Act ("Massachusetts Act" or "Act") can solve the problem of health insurance for the poor and near poor? In coming to a conclusion, this essay will focus on ...
Investigating the Role of Implicit Class Bias in the Clinical Encounter: A Call to Eliminate Health Disparities
Despite their explicit commitment to providing equal care, studies suggest that implicit
prejudice and stereotyping can impact the judgment and behavior of healthcare providers when
they interact with stigmatized patients. ...
Should Americans Take Steps to Make Higher Education More Affordable for Poor Americans?
The cost of higher education in America has been constantly rising. The high cost is making it very difficult for low-income Americans to pursue a bachelor's degree. The inability for low-income Americans to obtain a degree ...
Narrowing the Achievement Gap in High Schools
On one hand, the education gap is a predictor of unimpressive future market and non-market outcomes. On the other hand, low-income and minority citizens are more likely to fall behind their wealthier peers. This creates a ...
Access, the Best Birth Control: An Issue of Justice
Low-income women face barriers when trying to access family planning services. Notable barriers to accessing family planning services include financial constraints, transportation difficulties, and lack of family planning ...
The Hole Apartheid Dug: Reducing Crime in South African Townships with Entrepreneurship
For approximately fifty years (1948-1994), South Africa was controlled by a government fixated on the domination of the minority white population over "blacks", "coloreds", and "Indians". In this system, known as apartheid, ...