| Q. | Are police officer pensions, health and other benefits great after 25 years of service? | Related Search:
Law Enforcement & Police | | | Hi all! I'm planning on becoming a police officer and I'm already in the process of really researching the career out from top to bottom. Are police officer pensions and benefits great after 25 years of service? In general, in today's dollars and excluding future inflation, could I expect to get at least $2,500 per month after retirement in net pay plus great health and other benefits? Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
| | A. | Well I can tell you this, at the federal level it is outstanding, not sure about the local and state level. Economists believe that law enforcement is the only true recession proof career! America needs good people because we have some trying times ahead. The best advice I can give you regarding retirement is contribute heavily to your 401K! | | | |
| Q. | Are pugs more likely to have health complications then other dog breeds? | Related Search:
Dogs | | | I'd really like to get a pug, but some websites say they are more prone to health complications such as like Entropion, obesity, heatstroke, granulomatous meningoencephalitis, and other things. Pug owners, is this true?
| | A. | Pugs, like other small domestic dogs do have health complications that are not as prevalent in other breeds.
I own two pugs of my own, and work as a veterinary assistant while I go to school.
I can tell you for certain that pugs, having been bred for generations for the same characteristics suffer frequently from a narrow trachea. Keep in mind I say frequently because it is the main problem we see happening time and time again, not because the hospital is full of nothing but pugs.
We usually will see it once every month or so. I am not by any means saying we see a lot of pugs. It is just when they do come in for treatment, it is a fairly good chance the narrow / collapsed trachea is the culprit.
This can cause breathing problems. A medication called theophylline (or another bronchial dialator) is usually prescribed to treat the symptoms, and is from what i've seen fairly effective.
To make a long story short, pugs do not have any more health problems then any other dog breed.
German shepards, due to their size suffer from hip dysplasia while daushounds have legs that are disproportionate to the rest of their body. Pomeranians very commonly have knees that pop out of their joints etc.
The list goes on! Most all dog breeds have some form or risk of complication associated with the breed, but don't let that put you off owning a pug!
Every dog has problems, but there is no reason to believe pugs have more of them.
If you have any other concerns, I would recommend talking to a veterinarian. | | | |
| Q. | How can Obama possibly get enough money to deliver on his promises for health care and other social programs? | Related Search:
Elections | | | In today's NY Times, Gov Peterson of New York says the state will have to cut health care and education because of a $12.5 billion deficit. Other states are also facing worsening fiscal conditions. The states are just mirroring the federal problems - there is no money to pay for old programs, let alone start new ones in the worst recession in 70 years.
| | A. | The first, and largest source of income, will be in ending the Bush tax cut on the income tax and inheritance tax. Over a 10 year period, the Bush tax cuts alone cost the US government $1,903,100,000. If Obama ends the tax cuts immediately upon swearing in, he saves the US government $207.3 Billion next year alone. The wealthiest 1% of Americans save $715.1 Billion dollars from 2001-2010 with the Bush tax cuts, and over $130Billion/ year after that if they are allowed to continue. By simply ending these tax cuts we can afford most of Obama's plans. His tax cuts to the bottom 95% of American households are not this expensive, and give taxes to everyone who is most likely to spend the money in the economy, causing economic growth that ultimately stimulates the economy and increases the income of the remaining 5%. Obama's health insurance plan was cheaper than McCain's in the short term, and covers many more people. It wasn't until 5 years pass that the cost of Obama's plan outpaces the cost of McCain's plan, at which point the economy is unlikely to be recession (or worse).
As far as pulling troops out of Iraq, that will not stop all funding for the Iraq war, and large numbers of those troops will be redeployed to Afghanistan, although many others will come home. The amount of money this will save the government will undoubtedly number in the billions of dollars per year, but anyone who says it will save us 10-12 billion per month is foolish. | | | |
| Q. | I have Medicaid, do I need some other kind of health insurance besides the Medicaid? | Related Search:
Insurance | | | I have Medicaid health insurance(haven't used it yet), but read somewhere that it doesn't cover much? Do you know of any affordable health insurance I can also get-don't have much money. Are there any organizations you can join to get health insurance? Am I allowed to have other health insurance even though I have Medicaid. I live in Massachusetts.
| | A. | Some people get confused over whether they have Medicaid or Medicare. Medicaid is welfare from the state for very low or no income persons, Medicare, sometimes referred to as the red, white, and blue card, you get automatically when you attain age 65 or if you are disabled, you get in your 25th month of disability. I think you must have Medicare and you absolutely need a supplement and Part D to go with it. If you do have Medicaid then you don't need anything to go with it and you couldn't possibly afford to pay for it anyway. Take out your card and look at it it will say Medicare or Department of Community Affairs, you will know then. Best wishes. | | | |
| Q. | Why does Universal Health Care work in other industrialized countries while it is not accepted in the US? | Related Search:
Government | | | US health care is profit driven.
Do you believe that it is morally acceptable to profit off of other people's misery?
| | A. | I live in Canada and I disagree with the previous poster. Our system works and it works very well. According to US statistics you spend 6200. per person on medical care. In canada we spent 3300. per person. However we have lower rates of diabetes, heart disease, cancer. We have lower
rates of infant mortality..meaning more children die as infants in the US than in Canada. Our citizens outlive yours by at
least 3 years. We have a higher cure rate for cancer and other serious diseases. This study which again I point out was done by the US believe one of the reasons that Canadians enjoy better health is because our doctors take a 'wait and see' attitude towards injuries and illness. For instance if you have back pain and go see a doctor in Canada they will refer you to physiotherapy or acupuncture or other such non invasive treatment. Because the US system
is profit driven usually the first treatment you get for back pain is a trip to the operating room. As a result you have more
invasive surgeries than we do and suffer more medical
'mishaps' othewise known as malpractice than Canada does.
I would never support a for profit medical coverage scheme in Canada. Once you factor in profit then you have people who will take advantage and try to convince you that you need surgery or some expensive treatment when you don't just so they can make a fast buck off you. As for people going from US to Canada for treatment that is true because they are rich and get in faster. However we hae discovered one of our problems is that your insurance companies are sending their clients to Canada as our medical costs are so much cheaper. In addition we find that we have Americans who have no insurance come to Canada and deliberately allow themselves to be treated as Canadians as they can't get treated in the US as they don't have enough money so apparently your system doesn't work as well as you think.
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| Q. | Are health care professionals who provide mental health care integrated with other ? | Related Search:
Special Education | | | Are health care professionals who provide mental health care integrated with other systems of care? What are the consequences of separating mental health from physical health care? What other services (social and health) might be needed by the mentally ill?
| | A. | Hi there, this is in fact one of the basic principles of modern medicine. However, there are many opinions that argue it. If you;re interested, I found some reliable explanation about this separation here: [Link]  / | | | |
| Q. | Could snoring be a sign of other health problems? | Related Search:
Other - General Health Care | | | If a person snores, could it be because they are not breathing right, due to weight, and/or weak lungs/respitory system or in other words being out of shape and not in good health? In other words can it be a sign of health problems and a warning to get in shape? Or do healthy people snore too? Just curious.
| | A. | Great question. Snoring can be associated with a very serious condition called sleep apnea. In sleep apnea people do not get enough oxygen so they need to wake up hundreds of times per night. They are not actually aware that they wake up because it is just for a microsecond, but they never get good quality sleep. People who snore are likely to have heart disease, depression, and feel awful.
Snoring is considered a medical confition that is treatable by surgery, machines that help you breathe, and oral appliances that fit into your mouth to reposition your jaw and help reduce/eliminate snoring.
Snoring should be reported to a doctor and, if you can see a specialist, someone who specializes in sleep medicine. There are also sleep dentists who fit people with the oral appliances.
Good luck. | | | |
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