HMGT 310 6383 Health Care Policies- Week 3 Discussion
HMGT 310 6383 Health Care Policies- Week 3 Discussion
Science:
In two paragraphs, describe one of the following: 1) one of the Parts of Medicare and its
funding source(s); 2) how the ACA is funded; or 3) choose one state and
describe how its Medicaid program is funded.
Application:
Consider your readings on the challenges, debates and
successes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010.
Using Figure 3, “How a bill becomes a law,” located in the Week 1 resources,
and this weeks’ scholarly readings, select any area within the diagram to
describe any issue(s) that may have occurred during or after the process of the
ACA transforming from a bill to an actual law. For example, you can describe:
? How did “the people” influence the passage of this
healthcare bill? (What evidence supports this?)
? Describe a specific state legislature that supported or
opposed the bill?
? Describe the “Committee” in the legislative body who was
responsible for reviewing the health care bills.
? Describe one debate or amendment to the ACA bill prior to
its adoption into law.
? Were there any issues with the budgets associated with the
ACA bill.
? Were there any public hearings during the Committee
sessions? If so, provide a description.
? Describe any debates to overturn the ACA.
Be sure to cite all sources in APA format.
Reply to at least two of your fellow student’s posts with
substantive information and/or feedback that helps facilitate an ongoing
discussion.
UMUC journal articles can also be used to support your
discussion response this week
APA Writing Checklist
Use this document as a checklist for each paper you will write throughout your GCU graduate
program. Follow specific instructions indicated in the assignment and use this checklist to help ensure correct grammar and APA formatting. Refer to the APA resources available in the GCU Library and Student Success Center.
☐ APA paper template (located in the Student Success Center/Writing Center) is utilized for the correct format of the paper. APA style is applied, and format is correct throughout.
☐ The title page is present. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ The introduction is present. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ Topic is well defined.
☐ Strong thesis statement is included in the introduction of the paper.
☐ The thesis statement is consistently threaded throughout the paper and included in the conclusion.
☐ Paragraph development: Each paragraph has an introductory statement, two or three sentences as the body of the paragraph, and a transition sentence to facilitate the flow of information. The sections of the main body are organized to reflect the main points of the author. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ All sources are cited. APA style and format are correctly applied and are free from error.
☐ Sources are completely and correctly documented on a References page, as appropriate to assignment and APA style, and format is free of error.
Scholarly Resources: Scholarly resources are written with a focus on a specific subject discipline and usually written by an expert in the same subject field. Scholarly resources are written for an academic audience.
Examples of Scholarly Resources include: Academic journals, books written by experts in a field, and formally published encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Peer-Reviewed Journals: Peer-reviewed journals are evaluated prior to publication by experts in the journal’s subject discipline. This process ensures that the articles published within the journal are academically rigorous and meet the required expectations of an article in that subject discipline.
Empirical Journal Article: This type of scholarly resource is a subset of scholarly articles that reports the original finding of an observational or experimental research study. Common aspects found within an empirical article include: literature review, methodology, results, and discussion.
Adapted from “Evaluating Resources: Defining Scholarly Resources,” located in Research Guides in the GCU Library.
☐ The writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. Utilize writing resources such as Grammarly, LopesWrite report, and ThinkingStorm to check your writing.
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