HCS 455 Week 1 Individual Assignment Policy Topic Search and Selection
Use the following resources to select a policy topic:
• Conduct an Internet search for key words such as health and health policy.
• Review different topics and ideas at The Kaiser Family Foundation, KaiserEDU.org., Health Policy Topics List, June 28, 2010, available at:http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_index.asp.
• Consider reviewing the tutorials and issues modules.
Use this policy topic for your individual assignments throughout the course.
Write a 350- to 500-word summary on your selected policy topic and the stakeholders affected by the topic. Your stakeholders, for example, may be veterans, the elderly, HIV patients, or the uninsured. A minimum of two references are required.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Policies are constantly being reviewed and considered to help improve the American health care system. Each one has the potential to affect each of us on a daily basis, so careful consideration must be given when policies are proposed. It is important to understand the process of how a topic eventually becomes a policy.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on the complete process of how a topic becomes a policy. In your paper, include the following information:
• Formulation stage
• Legislative stage
• Implementation stage
Cite a minimum of three references.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on how a topic becomes a policy. In your paper, include the following information:
• Evaluation stage
• Analysis stage...