Policy Brief on the Affordable Care Act

Policy Brief on the Affordable Care Act Paper details: Class: Health Policy and Politics Policy Brief on the Affordable Care Act The goal of a policy brief is to highlight the essential in" rel="nofollow">information necessary for a busy policy maker to make a decision about that issue. This policy brief will be on the Affordable Care Act. Act as if you were writin" rel="nofollow">ing a policy brief to a lawmaker who was about to vote on this act (in" rel="nofollow">in other words, act as if we were still debatin" rel="nofollow">ing this law); this lawmaker has very little background in" rel="nofollow">in health policy. Your policy brief should provide enough in" rel="nofollow">information for the lawmaker to make an in" rel="nofollow">informed vote on the Affordable Care Act. Your primary source for this project will be Landmark by the Washin" rel="nofollow">ington Post staff. However, additional research will be required. At min" rel="nofollow">inimum, your policy brief must in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing sections: Summarize the Affordable Care Act and its’ major provisions (1-2 pages) Historical Context of the Act (one page or less) Critically analyze the political and policy context (What are the factors that will lead to success of the Act and what are the barriers? Who are the stakeholders and what do they say about the law? What is the legislative and legal situation/support?) (2 pages) Recommendations: Provide clear, concise, and factual “Key Fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings” (these may be bulleted, but must be full sentences) that present your best argument for why the Act should or should not pass. (1-2 pages) Here are some examples of policy briefs that may help you get a sense of the type of document you will prepare: http://www.chlpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/FLPC_Child-Nutrition-Reauthorization-Policy-Brief-Jan-2016.pdf http://ww2.rch.org.au/emplibrary/ccch/Policy_Brief_24_web.pdf http://globalpolicysolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ACA-and-Racial-Disparities.pdf http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/sites/main" rel="nofollow">in/files/file-attachments/policy_brief_hamilton_healthin" rel="nofollow">insurance_prin" rel="nofollow">int.pdf http://www.unwater.org/downloads/unwpolbrief230606.pdf Other Instructions: You may not plagiarize in" rel="nofollow">in any way on this assignment. All work must be yours and yours alone. You may not use quotes from any source, whether accurately cited or not. Everythin" rel="nofollow">ing should be in" rel="nofollow">in your own words to reflect your own understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the material you have read. Plagiarism and/or use of direct quotes (whether appropriately cited or not) will result in" rel="nofollow">in failure on the assignment and possibly in" rel="nofollow">in the class. All in" rel="nofollow">information that you present that is not the product of your own origin" rel="nofollow">inal thought must be appropriately cited in" rel="nofollow">in APA style in" rel="nofollow">in a reference page. The assignment should be presented in" rel="nofollow">in 12-poin" rel="nofollow">int Times New Roman font with one-in" rel="nofollow">inch margin" rel="nofollow">ins. Alternatively, you may use a presentation style similar to the example policy briefs above (two-column pages like a newspaper article); this can be done relatively easily in" rel="nofollow">in MS Word. Source The Washin" rel="nofollow">ington Post (2010). Landmark: The in" rel="nofollow">inside story of American’s new health-care law-The Affordable Care Act-and what it means for us all. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN-13: 978-1586489342 ISBN-10: 1586489348 Policy Brief on the Affordable Care Act The goal of a policy brief is to highlight the essential in" rel="nofollow">information necessary for a busy policy maker to make a decision about that issue. This policy brief will be on the Affordable Care Act. Act as if you were writin" rel="nofollow">ing a policy brief to a lawmaker who was about to vote on this act (in" rel="nofollow">in other words, act as if we were still debatin" rel="nofollow">ing this law); this lawmaker has very little background in" rel="nofollow">in health policy. Your policy brief should provide enough in" rel="nofollow">information for the lawmaker to make anin" rel="nofollow">informed vote on the Affordable Care Act. Your primary source for this project will be Landmark by the Washin" rel="nofollow">ington Post staff. However, additional research will be required. At min" rel="nofollow">inimum, your policy brief must in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing sections: 1. Summarize the Affordable Care Act and its’ major provisions (1-2 pages) 2. Historical Context of the Act (one page or less) 3. Critically analyze the political and policy context (What are the factors that will lead to success of the Act and what are the barriers? Who are the stakeholders and what do they say about the law? What is the legislative and legal situation/support?) (2 pages) 4. Recommendations: Provide clear, concise, and factual “Key Fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings” (these may be bulleted, but must be full sentences) that present your best argument for why the Act should or should not pass. (1-2 pages) Here are some examples of policy briefs that may help you get a sense of the type of document you will prepare: http://www.chlpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/FLPC_Child-Nutrition-Reauthorization-Policy-Brief-Jan-2016.pdf http://ww2.rch.org.au/emplibrary/ccch/Policy_Brief_24_web.pdf http://globalpolicysolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ACA-and-Racial-Disparities.pdf http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/sites/main" rel="nofollow">in/files/file-attachments/policy_brief_hamilton_healthin" rel="nofollow">insurance_prin" rel="nofollow">int.pdf http://www.unwater.org/downloads/unwpolbrief230606.pdf Other Instructions: 1. You may not plagiarize in" rel="nofollow">in any way on this assignment. All work must be yours and yours alone. You may not use quotes from any source, whether accurately cited or not. Everythin" rel="nofollow">ing should be in" rel="nofollow">in your own words to reflect your own understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the material you have read. Plagiarism and/or use of direct quotes (whether appropriately cited or not) will result in" rel="nofollow">in failure on the assignment and possibly in" rel="nofollow">in the class. 2. All in" rel="nofollow">information that you present that is not the product of your own origin" rel="nofollow">inal thought must be appropriately cited in" rel="nofollow">in APA style in" rel="nofollow">in a reference page. 3. The assignment should be presented in" rel="nofollow">in 12-poin" rel="nofollow">int Times New Roman font with one-in" rel="nofollow">inch margin" rel="nofollow">ins. Alternatively, you may use a presentation style similar to the example policy briefs above (two-column pages like a newspaper article); this can be done relatively easily in" rel="nofollow">in MS Word.