In the documentary Sick Around the World, we see how five other capitalist democracies — the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland — deliver health care pausing to ask if we in the United States have anything to learn from their successes and their failures. While advanced capitalist countries are formulating their health care policies, many countries in the global south has been reeling under the impact of SAPs, which have serious health implications (Arne Ruckert et al, 2015) and as a result of the US policies there are rising concerns about the global sexual and reproductive health (Boyer, 2019).
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Discuss the immigration policies of President Obama and President Trump, using the assigned readings, recorded lectures, your position paper, and the positions taken in abstracts by your classmates. Looking at President Trump, would you say that his policies are/were consistent with past US approaches to immigration? Why or why not?
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What are the assumptions and factors that seem most important in shaping immigration policy at different times in US history, and how accurately have they reflected US national interests from your perspective? National interests would presumably include both which immigrants are most desirable at a given time, as well as a desire to avoid the negative consequences associated with some immigrants.
Continue readingFind a recent article (less than one month old) from a reputable news source concerning a proposed budgetary change in Texas.
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