I have a final exam paper in health care policy

Final Spring 2017 (50 points)/ DUE: April 29th – 05:00 PM

Work must be your own. Answers must be distinctly different and your own composition. The answers are short, but need to reflect depth of understanding. Avoid broad superficial answers. Be as specific as possible. Use learning from course information as much as possible. Page limit: 8 pages double spaced, 11-12 pt. font, reasonable margins.

Federalism – State Presentations (5 points) about 1/2 page

Pick two state projects (other than your own). Compare and contrast how federalism applies to those two state issues using at least 2 clear distinct federalism concepts. (You are responsible for checking federalism applications – do not just copy from state bill presentations without checking the correctness of their federalism applications)

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Implementation – State Bill (10 points) about 1 page

Pick a different state bill (other than your own and the ones used in the federalism answer – don’t use the Salmon bill for this answer). Assume that this bill passes. Discuss rule-making, operations, and oversight for the implementation of this bill. Discuss how an interest group or interested citizen could get involved in two of these stages.

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Policy Lessons from Oberlander & Models/Affordable Care Act (30 points) about 3-4 pages

One of our key questions for the semester has been “What makes some policies successful?” This can be discussed in terms of why some policies pass while others do not. It can also be considered in terms of why some policies are more successfully implemented and more successful in getting results than others.

Review key ideas from Oberlander’s analysis of the Medicare story. Consider other lessons about policy making from the policy models, Longest, and our readings on the history of health policy and the Affordable Care Act story. Identify 3 big ideas or theories that help to explain why some policies succeed more in passage/modification or implementation than others. Make sure that at least one of the ideas relates to implementation.

For each big idea: 1) Explain the idea or theory; 2) discuss how the idea relates to one of the policy models; 3) connect the idea to the Oberlander discussion of Medicaid; and 4) explain how this big idea can help us understand something about the past, present or likely future of the Affordable Care Act.

These can be 3 distinct essays without an overarching introduction and conclusion.

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How am I going to use this? (5 points) ½ page

Reflect on what you have learned about health policy from the course. Consider substance (examples: agenda setting, roles of interest groups) and process (examples: how to monitor a bill or write advocacy statements). Pick one specific thing you’ve learned this semester and discuss how you will use this learning in the future as a professional, as a citizen, and/or as a student/researcher.