Choose a health care topic for which a policy might be formed
Policies are constantly being reviewed and considered to help improve the federal, state, or local health care systems. 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. I was thinking about Immunization health policies in New York State. I chose this because it affects so many children that are on the Autism spectrum, my son is on that spectrum.
Choose a health care topic for which a policy might be formed. Be sure to look ahead and choose a policy topic that will be suitable for both parts of this assignment, due in Weeks Three and Four. There will be two other papers that will pull all this together for next week and the week after. I can post that material for you also.
Write a 250 word paragraph on what the topic is, why you have chosen it, and what possible resources you will use to help develop your topic.
The last few years have seen radical changes in healthcare at policy level, implementation and administration of health care both at state level and at federal government level. These policies have led to great influence in the operations of the healthcare industry due to many changes that have gained public and national attention. Over 8 million people have signed up for health program in US over a span of 1 year (Knaup, Koesters, Schoefer, Becker,and Puschner, 2009). This includes the group that was previously insured and the uninsured.
My main area of focus and point of discussion is mental health, its current administration and the likely …….