Blog Topic 5

The Silverado memory care center offers home care, hospice care and memory care communities. One conflict that could arise from this is the fact that the center may not be affordable to everyone. The funding received for the healthcare services provided is either taxpayer funded or privately funded which is usually provided through an employer.  Some employers do not offer benefits that are accommodating to everyone which may cause a conflict amongst the residents of the city because the Silverado care center is adjacent to other community centers that offer the same services but in a package that’s not as appealing due to funding.  This ties into another issue that relates to the state, which is some centers failing to meet the quality of care requirements. This causes concerns about what Medicare is actually paying for, private funding gives facilities the opportunity to pay their workers and offer flexible hours more which can affect the quality of care. the ACA eliminated many but not all of these issues.

Blog Topic 4

The hospital and nursing home industry are in many cases the key contributors in elections, donating 35 million to the federal candidates and political parties of the 2012 presidential election. After the Affordable Health Care Act, president 

Obama and democrats overall were the sole cause for a shift in the health care industry’s political preference. In the past three elections democrats have received more contributions from a wide variety of health care institutions than republicans since the late 90's. Although I haven’t found any solid information confirming that Silverado memory care contributes, I believe that they do, it seems to me that any one benefiting from this law should favor the democratic party even if they don't favor president Obama and Silverado is no different, although they are a private entity, they still receive funding from the government for their patients.