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As the Executive Director of the National Association for Managed Care Organizations, you know that national healthcare reform will bring about revolutionary changes in your member organizations. Public outcry for changes has been heard loud and long, Congress is calling for reform, and providers are extremely frustrated with how you pay and control the utilization of services. You have been invited by a congressional panel to discuss how the managed care industry can be overhauled to provide a more customer-responsive product and address the issue of national healthcare costs. What are the high-priority issues that will need to be discussed to overhaul the managed care industry? What stakeholders must be considered in the planning process?

For our final assignment of the semester, write an essay about the five bills you’ve been tracking all semester.Discuss the progress and current status of each one, and what you’ve learned about each one. If there were hearings, mention some of the people who testified and who they represented. If there were votes, talk about those. I know the legislature has a few weeks to go. What do you think will happen to each of your bills? How would you vote on each of them if you were a member of the state legislature?Submit in Word. Cite your sources.BELOW YOU WILL FIND BILLS IVE BEEN TRACKINGTracking UpdatH.B. 174 by Canales (Textbooks)- 02/25/2021 H Referred to Ways & Means.S.B. 125 by Johnson (Texas Clean Care Act) – 03/03/2021 S Referred to Natural Resources & Economic DevelopmentS.B. 11 by Huffman (Composition of the court Appeals District) – 04/15/2021 S Left pending in committeeH.B. 69 by Toth (Prohibiting Abortion at or After 12 Weeks) – 02/25/2021 H Referred to Public Health.H.B. 829 by Thompson, Sinfonia (Police Officer Misconduct) – 04/14/2021 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

Texas Budget AssignmentLast year, Texas legislators approved a $251 billion biennial budget to fund our state government for the next two years. Amazingly, Greg Abbott did not issue a single line-item veto – the first governor since Allan Shivers in 1955 to sign a budget without a single change.Take a look at the Texas Tribune’s budget breakdown:https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2019/house-senate-texas-budgets-2020/ (Links to an external site.)and Texas Tribune’s article about the passage of the bill:https://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/26/texas-budget-house-senate-2019/ (Links to an external site.)For this assignment, you are now a state representative serving on the House Appropriations Committee, which is the budget-writing committee chaired until this year by Rep. John Zerwas (R-Richmond), an anesthesiologist who is retiring this year after 12 years in the House of Representatives. For this assignment, you represent the district where you live, wherever that is. What do you think your constituents want in a state budget? Are they more worried about public education? Higher Education? Health care? Highways? Crime? Are they more worried about keeping their taxes down? Without trying to write an entire budget, explain in our standard 2 – 5 page essay what spending priorities would be important to you and why. For what changes would you advocate?Note: (This is the important part) Texas is required by its Constitution to have a balanced budget, so if you argue in your essay for a $50 million increase in a program that’s important to your district, make sure you tell where you would either cut $50 million from another program, or how you would raise $50 million in additional revenue.Submit in Word. Cite sourcesAdditional ResourcesHow do I know which state representative district I’m in? Click here: https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home (Links to an external site.) (Remember, your state representative district is not your congressional district.)Budget 101, from the Senate Research Center, will tell you WAY more than you need to know about how the state budget is written (but you might want to use it to look something up): https://senate.texas.gov/_assets/srcpub/85th_Budget_101.pdf (Links to an external site.)The House Research Organization has a document that takes you through the House version in plain language (more or less): https://hro.house.texas.gov/pdf/focus/2019CSHB_1.pdf

What is corruption and why is it highly growing in african countries

You have been asked to rewrite one of the amendments to the Constitution. Which amendment would you choose and why? What changes would you make in rewriting this amendment? How would this affect the day-to-day lives of U.S. citizens and residents today?

200 words each with 1 referencePart I. Reread the memo about fair housing – see attached memoExplain how you serve the council even though their ideas might differ from the public good. Can you argue that serving the council’s decision is serving the public good?Part II. If you were the city manager in the situation from the first DQ. Would you implement the policy? Explain why. Discuss the challenges that might occur if someone did choose to implement the policy.

Discuss the role of Structural Adjustment Programs, both as a solution to Africa’s problems and as an accumulator of more problems

THE Presidency1. Even though most modern democracies favor parliamentary or semi presidential systems over a strong presidential system, why has the U.S. Congress been willing to delegate so much authority to the chief executive?2. Discuss the formal and informal resources available to the President as she/he attempts to persuade others to help them meet their goals?3. From where do other nations’ leaders derive their power? For example, compare the source of power in both the British monarch and the Prime Minster to our president.THE Executive Agencies4. What factors complicate the president’s effort to manage the Executive Branch?5. Why do executive officials frequently disobey presidential directives? What does this behavior reveal about the motivations and incentives that executive officials sense and that influence how they do their jobs?6. How much power do executive agencies, their executives, and their civil-service employees exercise? What are the sources of their power?

Describe the components that contribute to port security planning. Why are they important and what aspects of security planning are considered in port facility operations?The main driving factor behind port-security comes from the laws and regulations that have been developed over the years in acknowledgment of the security flaws that could have been exploited. With that in mind, these ever-evolving laws and regulations need to be taken into consideration and satisfied while planning port security. This begins at the communication level between stakeholders and authorities overseeing the security operations. Information Technology (IT) infrastructure needs to be utilized that allows for critical information to be shared as rapidly as possible. In conjunction with the IT infrastructure, physical space must be identified for the addition of technological advances that aid in the inspection of cargo. The identification of critical security roles and subsequent training of personnel to fill those roles is also of vital importance. The personnel assigned to port security roles must also be able to understand the procedures that need to be implemented in an emergency and be able to take action in the event they are needed. (Maritime Executive, 2015)As the main element of port operations, the private enterprise must be taken into consideration. The cost-benefit analysis of security vulnerabilities, as well as what impacts the implementation of security protocols have played a vital role in the planning and development of port security. Security measures that hinder the efficient flow of goods will invariably impact the profitability of the enterprise and create a situation where investment in activities that require the utilization of ports may be reduced. The reason the laws and regulations were introduced was not to impact the flow of goods and profitability but to increase the security of our nation’s ports and prevent disruption. While it may be easy to fall into the trap of “fortress mentality” and implement a vast array of security measures, accounting for the profitability and efficiency of the private industries that are the main contributors to ports is a high priority.Discuss the significance and purpose of the Secure Freight Initiative?The Secure Freight Initiative is a continuance of other initiatives and is a layered approach in conjunction with similar programs including; The Mega ports Initiative, the Container Security Initiative, and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT). The main purpose of these different programs is to identify and interdict cargo that may present a risk to the United States. The Secure Freight Initiative adds another layer to the container security onion by allocating funding towards radiographical equipment designed to detect nuclear materials. These technologies will scan for radiation and in the event of an alert, it will inform both DHS and the host nation simultaneously. Containers are also prescreened for information that could potentially identify them as high risk which improves the ability of risk analysis and targeting to pinpoint containers that warrant a higher level of scrutiny. (DHS, 2019)

1. List and explain 3 ways the media may socialize a person.2. List and explain 3 ways the media may influence public opinion.3. Give one recent example (within the last year) where a politician ignored public opinion and the outcome of that instance.Instructions 21.Take a poll of 5 college students via email, social media, telephone or in personAsk these questions and keep track of the answers:a) If you could adopt a rescue animal today, what would it be?b) What is the best pizza topping?c) Would you rather sneeze for an hour or have hiccups for an hour?d) Would you rather get $1M right now or $10,000 per month?e) What is your least favorite food?2. Summarize and report your results3. C and D are structurally different questions than A, B and D. What is different about these two questions and how will they result in different outcomes than A, B and D?4. Can your findings be applied to all college students? Why or why notAmerican National GovernmentName of the BookInstructions11. List and explain 3 ways the media may socialize a person2. List and explain 3 ways the media may influence public opinion.3. Give one recent example (within the last year) where a politician ignored public opinionand the outcome of that instance.American National GovernmentName of the BookInstructions 11. List and explain 3 ways the media may socialize a perso2. List and explain 3 ways the media may influence public opinion.3. Give one recent example (within the last year) where a politician ignored public opinionand the outcome of that instance.