SAS 13 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stomach Cancer, Reassortment, Duffy Antigen System
19 Mar 2018
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Genes passed on before symptoms appear: mutations in huntingtin gene from normal to disease occur at higher rate, phylostratigraphy: method for dating evolutionary emergence of gene. Influenza viruses: possess an animal reservoir such as birds and pigs. Impact on patients: ban on pre-existing condition rejections and gender discrimination, eliminates lifetime/annual dollar limits on insurance company pays. Individuals not protected with public plan must find private insurance or pay fee: higher premiums because companies required to cover high-risk patients, people under poverty line receive sliding scale subsidies. Impact on employers: small companies receive tax breaks for cost of employee insurance premiums, large companies required to offer insurance to full-time employees. Impact on doctors: pay raise for treating patients on medicaid and bonus for serving medically underserved communities. Increased er visits (shortage of primary care physicians to cover newly insured: takes funding from hospitals that have high readmittance.
