Literacy Blog #10: Obama Scolds 'Bad Apple' For Cancelling Coverage (wut?) And Is It Right For The Government To Do Stuff Without Mistakes?

Read the full article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/us-usa-healthcare-sebelius-idUSBRE99T0PN20131031


1) In the major public debate over health care reform, President Obama sought to assure people that the government was not going to take over health care, and that they could keep their old plan if they liked it. Why did he need to do this? Why wouldn’t people trust the government to make health care decisions for them?


I believed the reason Obama wanted to keep the original health care ideas is because I think he liked them better and they would more likely help the citizens more with their lives. Speaking of the civilians, the government thinks if they allow them to make their health care decisions, one mistake and they can send their whole budget into a true nightmare.


2) Why does Obama say that insurers not paying for care “limit[s] the care you receive”? To what extent is this true? Is care paid for by insurance the only care you can receive?


“Speaking in Boston, Obama said those who are getting dropped will be able to find new options through the online insurance exchanges, or marketplaces, established under the 2010 law. "Just shop around in the new marketplace," he said. "You're going to get a better deal." He also stressed that the law allows Americans to keep bare-bones plans created before the law was signed, as long as insurers did not change or cancel them. "Remember, before the Affordable Care Act, these bad-apple insurers had free rein every single year to limit the care that you received, or used minor pre-existing conditions to jack up your premiums, or bill you into bankruptcy," Obama said.”


3) If you buy health insurance rather than paying for health care directly, to what extent are you losing your choices in health care spending? What if the government taxes everyone and pays for health care for everyone? How does this affect your level of choice?


I really don’t know what will happen to my life if I go directly to life insurance, but I’m sure it will be much expensive than health care, so that’s a big waste of your money. If the government pays your health care, that’ll be great if they promise to do it correctly. What’s a level a choice?


4) Is it ever right for a President to be untruthful to get the public to accept something he sincerely believes is for their own good? If so, in what circumstances?


If Obama knows what he’s doing is right and he believes that it can help with our economy troubled money losing, maybe there's a fact that we can trust him with what he’s doing to make America a better place.

Literacy Blog #9: Mr. Peabody and Other dogs are Considered People

Dogs Are People, Too

I believe that this because that scientists lack the technology to do that procedure. The M.R.I.s aren't able to tract what the nerve cells of the brain can do, they haven't been functioned to do that yet.

“After months of training and some trial-and-error at the real M.R.I. scanner, we were rewarded with the first maps of brain activity. For our first tests, we measured Callie’s brain response to two hand signals in the scanner. In later experiments, not yet published, we determined which parts of her brain distinguished the scents of familiar and unfamiliar dogs and humans.”

Dogs can enjoy watching entertainment such as movies, but it’s just for entertainment, they won’t learn anything. If they have happy expressions, they’re enjoying the movie, but they won’t understand it with a confused expression. It’s unsure if an M.R.I. can really show what a person is thinking, but if scientists upgrade M.R.Is where they can see what the nerve cells are doing every second, probally.

“Though the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 and state laws raised the bar for the treatment of animals, they solidified the view that animals are things — objects that can be disposed of as long as reasonable care is taken to minimize their suffering.”

I believe that dogs, and other animals, should be known as their proper names, dogs should be known as dogs, deer should be known as deer, gerbils should be known as gerbils, and so forth. It sounds more appropriate because it avoids confusion since you can be considering something else.

When it comes to humans, they can get confused and are like, “You serious? That sounds very stupid”. The human brain is more complex than a dog’s brain, we know more stuff since we have been taught to do normal people stuff like typing, writing, and reading. Dogs, however, can’t do any of the three above because they’re brain lacks the knowledge to do that stuff. However, dogs can be trained by their owners to do tricks that dogs regularly do, like shaking, lying down, or playing dead.