Write a 2 page essay on Ask an old person about his or her life ( ).

The purpose of this interview is to compare the life in past and present and to make predictions about the future life.

In response to my question about his family, friends, education, career, travel, religion, leisure activities etc my grandfather replied that he was the youngest member of a large family of 10 people. He told me that all the ten members of his family, including his parents and grandparents were staying together in a single home until he and his brothers and sisters get married. After the marriage, each of his brothers and sisters started to construct homes of their own and separated from his home. However, in most of the special occasions all the family members assembled together in his family and shared their love and affection. He told me that he stopped his education after the completion of his secondary school studies in order to concentrate more on farming. In his opinion, the strength of friendship in the past was more than that at present. He had many friends who were ready to sacrifice their lives for him. Whenever, a problem occurs to a friend, he and his friends attacked the problem in a combined fashion and nobody stayed away from it. My grandfather told me that he and his friends travelled distant places with the help of bicycles and such journeys increased their physical strength and stamina. Unlike current generation who spend majority of the time in front of computers, my grandfather and company spent their leisure time by playing baseball, football, volleyball etc. My grandfather is a strong believer in religion and he told me that the religious norms were observed strictly in the past that it is observed at present.

My grandfather told me that he had not set any goals in his life. he never bothered too much about the experiences in the past and concentrated only in the present. In his opinion, if we do things better at present, no need to

Many advocates of healthcare reform point to the high level of spending on healthcare in the United Sates and the relatively poor health outcomes in the U.S. as compared to other countries.  While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) greatly decreased the number of U.S. citizens without health insurance, the United States still stands more or less alone among wealthy industrialized democracies in this approach to healthcare.   

After reviewing all of the required resources for this discussion, address each of the following:

1. What groups are most likely to be uninsured in the United States?  Since the passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, what are the most common reasons that people still lack health insurance?  
2. How does healthcare spending in the U.S. compare to other countries?  Describe how healthcare outcomes in the U.S. compare to other countries.  Based on the resources you reviewed, are healthcare spending and health outcomes related to one another?  In other words, does spending more on health care lead to better health outcomes (i.e. a healthier population) and vice versa?
3. Describe what universal health care is.  Describe the healthcare system in at least one country that guarantees universal health coverage to all of its citizens (you can find a list of such countries in the resources provided). 
4. How does a universal health care system compare to the system currently in place in the U.S.?  In your informed opinion, why is the U.S. one of the only wealthy industrialized democracies that does not have university healthcare coverage?
5. According to the Commonwealth Fund reports, how is the performance of the United States’ healthcare system related to equity?  Which social groups have the least access to quality healthcare?  Why?

Remember – since you only have one discussion per week in this class you must provide an initial post that is a minimum of 500 words in length. You will lose points for shorter posts.  

Also, be sure to support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references