The Medicaid program
Here is some info on that assignment for my learning team. Since it is a group effort, I only have to do a small section, so it doesn’t have to be lengthy. It just has to include at least one of these objectives. I have attached my topic in the word document
Objectives:
Discuss the effects of political influences on health care policy outcomes.
Describe the relationship of government and politics to health care policy.
Discuss the relationship of special interest groups to health care policy development.
Learning Team
Policy Issues Outline
Prepare a 300 WORDS, bulleted summary related to the policy changes made to the implementation of the program in the last 5-10 years.
Customer message: This goes with the work you did on Medicaid so you can refer to the information if need be
The Week 4 team assignment should identify the key changes to the program that was chosen by the team.
For example:
The Medicaid program increased the income for eligibility to include 200% of poverty level in 1989
Children between the ages of 18-20 were added beneficiaries as a result of Congressional action
President Bush approved a $40 million dollar increase to Medicaid budget to expand services for HIV
Summarize changes that occurred from the beginning to today regarding these topics:
The Role of the Government
Changes in Benefits
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The political system in the U.S plays an important role in the implementation of public health policies. For any health policy to be approved, a political leader must propose it to the house or senate so that a special committee can analyze it and decide whether it should go through the legislative process…………………………..
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