Unit 4 Reflection

Even though Unit 4 is at an end, I still have a lot of work to do due to technical errors. Although I'm not done, I still learned from it and will soon learn more. So far, I have learned how to take ideas from several sources and create a main idea based off of those sources. Unit 4 was rather hard from what I experienced, but I still have a lot to go. There was a lot of work that needed to be done but it wasn't impossible. It challenged me to work harder and that will help me in the future.

Group Synthesis Activity

Article 1-The thesis of "A Public Option That Works" is that there should be a public health care, like a universal health care, for the people that don't make enough money to pay for a private health care provider. Strong points of the article is that this is happening in San Francisco now. There is a public health care program also called a medical home for people that are under the poverty line.

Article 2-This article was about a plan to cover people in their twenties with health care. There were several ideas to try to cover these people. They wanted to appeal to young voters and their parents.
Thesis: Young voters need an easier way to afford health care.


Article 3-Germany: requires people making less than about $70,000 a year to have health insurance Care is provided by private doctors and a mix of private and public hospitals.

Sweden: Sweden provides universal health care coverage. Doctors can be government employees or private practitioners

Canada: Canada provides universal health care; Hospitals can be either public or private, but their budgets are negotiated with the government.

Italy: Italy offers health care to all residents.There are some private and for-profit hospitals.

Spain: Spain provides universal health care coverage; Doctors are private practitioners, and the majority of hospital beds are government-owned.

Australia: Australia provides health care to citizens, Public hospitals provide free care, while private hospitals tend to cater to people with private insurance.

Netherlands: Everyone living or working in the Netherlands is required to purchase health insurance

United Kingdom: The U.K. offers health care to all people "ordinarily resident" in the country.

France: France provides health care for all living in the country — legally and illegally.


Article 4-Thesis Statement: Obama told his audience the bill is needed because tens of millions of Americans have no health insurance and "live every day just one accident ... away from bankruptcy."

In this article the major points is that some people believe president Obama's induction to presidency was unlawful because they don't believe he is a natural born citizen of the United States, which is unlawful according to the constitution. In addition people believe that if Obama actually came through with this health coverage being a basic right it would basically give him more power and make him more of a success as an African American president. The author is trying to prove that the conservative are trying to do more than break president Obama, they are trying to say it's about political ressurection.

Group Thesis: Health care should become universal in the U.S. and in other countries to provide health care to the general public.

A Public Option That Works

The thesis of "A Public Option That Works" is that there should be a public health care, like a universal health care, for the people that don't make enough money to pay for a private health care provider. Strong points of the article is that this is happening in San Francisco now. There is a public health care program also called a medical home for people that are under the poverty line.