Health Care

These chapter and theme presentations were a great way to combine chapters from the class book but also talk about the very important topics being discussed in the elections. My group presented specifically on the healthcare system. We not only informed the class about the different types of health care plans, but also on what the politicians in this upcoming elections are planning to do in terms of the health of Americans. 

My topic in the presentation was Obama Care. Obama Care is also known as The Affordable Care Act and is still the law of the land. President Obama's primary goal with this act was to lower the cost of health care by making insurance more affordable by subsidizing the cost of production. Candidate Joe Biden wants to build on the foundation of Obama Care, and make sure every American gets access to affordable and quality insurance and medical care. 

I believe my group did a pretty good job at presenting. There were a few bumps in the road but in the end we all worked together to put together an informative presentation. On the first day we each presented our topics and the second day decided to engage with the audience by creating a kahoot with questions based off of our information. The other students seemed to definitely enjoy that we brought donuts and chips as rewards for participation and winning the kahoot.

The other groups did great as well. The first group that presented was education. The leader of that group did an execellent job at engaging with the audience. She asked us many questions regarding our educational system. Everyone seemed to be pretty organized and well prepared.

The morals and ethics group was another group that did great. They had some pretty funny and random videos to show which was pretty interesting. One of the members of that group seemed to be very informed in philosophy. The way he explained certain topics was very interesting. Seeing life and situation in a philosophical way is not something I usually do so hearing his way of seeing and explaining things was pretty intriguing. 

I believe I walked in slightly late when the wealth group was presenting (sorry professor), but from what I did get to see, they were well organized and provided plenty of statistics involving wealth in todays society. For example I believe they brought up a case in which a company got sued for creating a product that caused an individual a form of cancer. The company denied that their products caused cancer, but they lost the case and the individual who sued them was rewarded with billions of dollars. 

Overall I think each group did a great job in their presentations and handled the questions from the audience very well. For the most part we all delivered an educative and entertaining speech.

Voting is a great way to voice our political opinions in choosing who we think the best candidate would be for our country. These projects helped with educating us on important topics and how they relate to the debates in the elections this year. 

Blog post by Danielle Bermudez