IntroductionGuatemala is the Central American country selected for this essay. It is located in the heart of Central America and borders Mexico to the north, Belize to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the south. It also borders the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea to the north....

Over the last decade, healthcare costs have continued to rise in the United States, therefore placing greater pressure on the medium to lower classes of society and also straining the public healthcare system further. The first major reason behind increasing healthcare costs is technology and the increasing need for more...

Living in the United States, one would think that its citizens are generally wealthy, well-fed, and well taken care of. While we live in a free society, it is still one in which many people are left impoverished, even to the point of not being able to feed themselves or...

As previously mentioned the amount of chronic diseases continues to rise. With this increase chronic disease are the major contributor to death and disability. In the United States one of the often underappreciated chronic diseases is that of obesity(DeNisco & Barker, 2016) . Besides being a disease itself, it is...

A pre-existing condition is an illness or injury that was discovered before an individual obtains coverage. And in this case, there are no preexisting condition exclusions. This is because, following the implementation of the Obama-care program, the children under the age of 19 received a full health cover (Jan, 2013)....