Solving Social Problems

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This paper argues against greater government intervention when seeking to solve social problems. It suggests rather, that we look toward private businesses and charities to find the solution to both age-old problems like poverty and modern problems like affordable healthcare. The paper gives examples and explains how private businesses may be able to help solve these social issues.

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"Given the absence of ready-made solutions, and American's desire for better care, perhaps the marketplace has found a better solution in the form of the nation's largest employer Wal-Mart. The private company of Wal-Mart has responded to public pressures of boycotts to over more health coverage to its employees, while still keeping prices low for its customers ("Wal-Mart Provides Health Insurance To More Employees This Year, Company Survey Finds," 2007, Medical News Today) It has also responded to the spiraling increases in prescription medications by offering a wider array of cheap, generic drugs at its pharmacies. It has even created a new network of medical clinics that provide easy access to medical treatment at affordable prices at an efficient pace for such routine treatments as strep throat cultures, physicals for jobs or athletics, flu shots, and other procedures that enable people to pay a reasonable rate for timely care, which would not be given to them in a system of national coverage, and which would cost them more at a doctor's office that accepted their insurance (if they have insurance) because of the extra bureaucracy and paperwork necessary to validate insurance coverage ("Wal-Mart Medical Clinics," 2006, Healthcare NBIC)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Rivlin, Alice. "Why Can't We Get things Done?" Chapter 66. From The Brookings Bulletin. Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institute. pp.366-371.
• "Wal-Mart Medical Clinics." (Feb 2006). Healthcare NBIC. Retrieved 17 Jan 2007 at http://in3.typepad.com/hnbic/2006/02/walmart_medical.html
• "Wal-Mart Provides Health Insurance To More Employees This Year, Company Survey Finds." (15 Jan 2007). Medical News Today. Retrieved 17 Jan 2007 at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=60631

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