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Essay Instructions: http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title18/1867.htm#ft532#ft532

Here is the site to the article we have to read.

Here are the assignment instructions, my advice would be to look at options for policy analysis at some hospital websites. Here's the assignment instructions and I will explain more in the seminar tonight. Here's a website for value policy analysis for example: http://www.healtheast.org/for-vendors/value-analysis-program.html also here's a helpful article on policy analysis for specialty hospitals: http://heartland.org/sites/all/modules/custom/heartland_migration/files/pdfs/17229.pdf
Review the following piece of legislation and follow the directions below:

Examination and Treatment for Emergency Medical Conditions and Women in Labor

You are a consultant specializing in policy analyst. Based on the Examination and Treatment for Emergency Medical Conditions and Women in Labor legislation above you will complete a policy analysis with 3-5 options for a client, Representative Moody, to consider.

Representative Moody is in Congress and up for re election in the next year. She seeks another term in office. Representative Moody?s constituency consists of three private regional medical centers with a trauma unit that receives referrals from 5 or more small facilities nearby with minimal trauma status for their Emergency Department.

In the past, 2 of the 3 medical centers supported Representative Moody with campaign funds at the allowable limits. Her constituency has many uninsured citizens due to high unemployment in the area. She is vocal about the need for health reform and the health care to all citizens. She also adheres to fiscal restraint and the absence of bail outs for private facilities. She knows that Medicaid dollars and unemployment dollars to support the unemployed and uninsured is at a minimal for the state. Also, the largest health care corporation that owns two of the three medical centers in his/her catchment area is threatening to refuse Medicare and Medicaid patients to ensure survival in the bad economy. An increase in unfunded mandates for urgent care may push the corporation into private payer only. There are very affluent families in the area that could support the health care services offered by two facilities catering to designer medicine and concierge services.

All options must:

be within the power of Representative Moody to do
be consistent with the Representative Moody?s values and
address the issue identified in the problem statement
You will:

Identify 3-5 options
Identify criteria that will be used to evaluate the options
Identify pros and cons for each option.
Use a side-by-side table (MS Excel would be appropriate for this) to assist in analyzing the options.

Essay Instructions: The paper focuses on analyzing significant positions for a controversial health care issue.

This paper will count for 30% of your grade.

The issue that you choose clearly must have a pro and con side (e.g., “All US citizens should be (should not be) required to purchase health insurance”). These sides must be supported through presentation of credible literature that supports both a national and global perspective and includes health care policy implications. This literature should provide depth and breadth to your paper.

Literature support should be diverse: please make sure you have a range of references, including books, credible interviews, media references, hard copy journal articles, and some internet citations, etc. You will need at least 9 diverse (coming from different types of resources ??" professional journals, newspapers, internet sources, etc.) for this paper.

Thus, the position paper will need to be 10 pages in 12 font type and offer credible references and insight into both sides of an issue. You’ll want to have a strong evidence foundation before you finally write about the side you support and why

The following ideas should be considered for this assignment (worth 100 points):

Choose a topic that clearly has a pro and con position; for example, a health care reform which requires citizens to purchase health insurance has both supporters and those who oppose it. Your paper should include a global perspective (what do other countries “do” about this issue?) and legislative perspectives (what laws and regulations, health care policy issues revolve around this issue? These must be factual.)
Provide rationale (with a range of references, both classic (around a long time and perceived as credible) and more recent references; strive for a variation in reference type so that your reference list has books, journals, and professional organization position statements, for example; only use internet references when you can verify their credibility.
Provide a conclusion: how does this issue relate to cost, access, and quality?
Organize your paper systematically; watch grammar, use of direct quotes, syntax, length of paragraphs and connection of ideas in paragraphs and between paragraphs; please use active voice rather than passive voice; have someone proof read your paper before you submit for grading; use APA sixth edition format for organization and references.

Grading Criteria:
10 points Introduction of topic and CLEAR statement of the issue. This means I should know what you’re talking about without struggling.
30 points Pro and con side with examples that systematically address cost, access and quality and global and health care policy implications; classical and recent references; coherent discussion in the 3rd person (“he, she, it”). Include potential biases of reference authors that influence slant of argument.
15 points Clear statement of the rationale for your position; discussion of reasons for your pro or con position based on your earlier discussion; discussion of possible negative or positive aspects of your position; use of 1st (“I”) person in your argument based on references. What do you think? Your opinion should be guided by information not just how you “feel” about it or how someone told you to think about the issue.
10 points Conclusion that includes how issue influences cost, quality, or access from a global perspective and is relevant to the discussed issue
10 points Format that includes use of appropriate subheadings/length of paper approximately 10-12 pages of text, APA format *
10 points Use of proper grammar and syntax/punctuation, use of active voice for powerful statement of issue *
10 points Clear and argumentative text that shows critical thinking *
5 points Substantive draft (Depth and breadth of the issue is evident.)
* 30 points are devoted to format, grammar and syntax/ punctuation, clear critical thinking and APA format

To provide you with a solid policy-based starting point for the process, I have selected 4 pieces of legislation from which you may frame an issue for your position paper. You will not argue for or against the legislation itself. Rather you will formulate an issue statement according to social problems the legislation was intended to fix.

THIS IS THE TOPIC I HAVE CHOSEN:
Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA) of 2010
Should someone with a pre-existing condition be denied health insurance?

The first part of the Issues Paper is to choose one of the pieces of legislation that has been provided in the rubric and to write a problem statement that you will use to argue throughout the paper. You must choose one of the pieces of legislation that we have listed, but you are free to choose any one you like. We have even given you sample problem statements which you may also use, but you may also write a new one that relates to the legislation if you wish. Please note, you will not argue personally for or against the issue until the section that asks for your opinion.

So what will you write? An introductory paragraph is always essential. Then introduce the issue. Write a section of the paper that supports one side of the issue or argument. Write another section of the paper that supports the other side of the issue or argument. Stay focused on what you are writing about. You are not arguing FOR or AGAINST the legislation itself, but for or against an issue within it or something it relates to. (Look to the problem statements for ideas). After you have written two sections, each with headers that describe the slant of the position, write a section based on your informed opinion of the issue (My opinion is that one SHOULD NOT be denied health insurance based on pre-existing conditions). When I say informed, I mean, not a set of ideas you may have always believed, but a perspective based on the literature that supports your ideas. Follow this section with a conclusion in which you sum it all up and bring it to a finish. Have a separate cover page and a separate reference page. The total for the paper should be 10-12 pages, not counting the cover page or the reference page. Use legitimate sources which does not include Wikipedia, a blog someone you know wrote or a "news" opinion show. The rubric asks you to use a variety of sources but some of them must be research based. You will lose points if your sources are not credible, even if they are in the mainstream media.

I have provided you with my introductory paragraph to lead the way:

With a little over a year as the Commander in Chief of the Unites States of America, President Barack Obama put into existence the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010. The principal reason for this act is to address the many short-comings America has in its health care system concerning cost, quality and access by allowing consumers of the health care industry to be better protected while making informed decisions about their health. A population that has been specifically targeted in the act is those with pre-existing medical conditions. Previously, insurance companies could deny those with pre-existing conditions without any accountability as to why or how. Now, amendments in the PPACA has set certain criteria that doesn’t allow denial for certain ages, and it also sanctions premiums be lowered for those with pre-existing conditions. While some are content with the new law, others aren’t so pleased.

Essay Instructions: The class is medical terminology. The student prepare a 4-6 page research paper discussing a medical condition (Crohn's Disease). It needs to include new forms of treatment, breakthroughs or finds ie. sources written from 2008 to present. 15-20% of the paper must be medical terms. The paper must be in APA format. Only a small portion of the paper should be describing what Crohn's disease actually is, focussing on research is more important. I also need to hand in one of the articles used with the paper so please make sure I will be able to access one to print out.

Essay Instructions: Please be as specific as you can with the details for the planning and threat assessment for the individual. Strict APA format as usual.

This is a planning and threat assessment paper based on the scenario that you have to provide planning and threat assessment for a man in his 40's who is confined to a wheelchair and requires attendance by a nurse 24/7 due to respiratory and other medical conditions. He is an extremely high profile white supremacist who is outspoken and controversial. Many people hate him.