PA512 (PA512)

Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Health Equity in the United States

It is imperative to understand the public policy issues and proposals by reviewing the US President's State of the Union address (on Mar 7, 2024) delivered once a year. While reviewing the State of the Union address, please mention the major policy issues discussed and highlighted by the President. Your responsibility is to critically analyze them. You also analyze the policy rebuttals highlighted by the speaker from the opposition party. Finally, you compare and contrast - the pros and c...

Please keep in mind these are essay questions. You need to write 7/8 pages ( words) per question. Please read the books and find the relevant information from appropriate sources, and provide an well written professional response: 1. You must have studied both the text books rather thoroughly and by now must have pretty good idea about all the chapter themes from the books, particularly the chapters I have emphasized the most in the class. Additionally, I also emphasized that you need...

Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Health Equity in the United States

The Policy Review Paper # 4 should come from your text book (Analyzing Public Policy by Dipak Gupta; Preferably Second Edition or Later). The chapters to be considered are the following: Chapter 1 - Reason, Rationality, & Public Policy; Chapter 2 - The Analysts, Their Role & Their Tools; and Chapter 3- Government & the Market. You have the flexibility to choose any topic or issue from the above assigned chapters.

The Policy Review Paper # 5 should cover any issue or topic from the Chapters Ten (Policy Implementation, Failure, and Learning) & Eleven (Science and Theory in the Study a of Public Policy) of your text book (An Introduction to Policy Process by Thomas Birkland; Preferably Fourth Edition or Later). You have the flexibility to choose any topic. Your Policy Review Paper (PRP) needs to be typed and should be 7/8 pages ( words) long with proper citation (at least three sources).

Assignment Discussion # 1: Contemporary Policy Issue Analysis In this Policy Issue Discussion, the students are required to review the President Joe Biden's agenda proposals (at least two) that will impact United States in a substantive manner. Please make critical analysis of policy proposals from Biden Administration and articulate how they may impact America and Americans for foreseeable future. You may focus on Infrastructure Act, Inflation Reduction Act or Semiconductor Act - and how ...

Section B Respond Four essay questions (Out of Five) from the following: 4 X 20 = 80 points. ( words per essay) 1. A) How is public policy grounded in the study of politics? What do you think the term “politics” means in this context? Compare policy analysis to the study of policy process. How are they similar, and how are they different? B) What are the strengths and the weaknesses of the stages model of the policy process? What are the strengths and weaknesses of any systems mod...

Research Paper Proposal for Public Policy (PA 512) Each student should submit their own Research Proposal (with a title) for this course. The proposal should be more than two pages (500-700 words) long and should contain a focused and pointed title. Title should read like a statement so that one can understand about your research by reading the tile. You should explain in your proposal, what type of research you are doing, and what you intend to work on; and expected findings from your resear...