Health finance and delivery policy

Help me study for my Health & Medical class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

PART1

One of the most significant health policy issues facing the United States is the continuing rise of health care costs. After reviewing the background readings and doing independent research, write a 3-page paper discussing the factors that have contributed to this. Your paper should be based on fact, not opinion. You must cite reliable sources in support of your discussion.

Assignment Expectations

1. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your analysis.
2. Limit your response to a maximum of 3 pages.
3. Support your paper with a minimum of 3 reliable sources. At least 2 of these should be peer-reviewed articles. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals: http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php
4. Please use the following resource for evaluating information found on the internet: https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content
5. You may use the following source to assist in your formatting your assignment: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.

PART2

Individuals and organizations often choose to take a stance on certain policy issues that are relevant to their field or organization. To move beyond simply having an opinion, this stance can be drafted in the form of a position statement or paper. Position statements utilize facts, evidence, and research to support them.

After reading and reviewing the required materials for this module, you are expected to draft a position statement informed by what you learned from this background information. Review the document at the link below on how to set up a position paper, including a general outline. Use this to guide your drafting of your paper.

Your paper should specifically address whether the Affordable Care Act is an effective mechanism for reducing the burden of uncompensated care.

Xavier University Library. (2014). How to write a position paper. Retrieved from http://www.xavier.edu/library/students/documents/position_paper.pdf

SLP Assignment Expectations

1. Limit your response to no more than 1 page, single-spaced.
2. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your analysis.
3. Support your paper with a minimum of 3 reliable sources. At least 2 of these should be peer-reviewed articles

REFERENCE:

Goodnough, A. (2016, December 28). Safety-net hospitals fear cuts as health law’s repeal looms. New York Times, p. A1. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Liu, J. L. & Brook, R. H. (2017). What is single-payer health care? A review of definitions and proposals in the U.S. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 32(7), 822-831. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Shi, L. (2014). Health policy related to financing and delivery. In Introduction to health policy, pp. 99-117. Chicago: Health Administration Press. Available in the Trident Online Library.

TNHFMA. (2015, July 14). Solving the problem of uncompensated care [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/BgIoR2eEiiQ.

Valdovinos, E., Le, S., & Hsia, R. Y. (2015). In California, not-for-profit hospitals spent more operating expenses on charity care than for-profit hospitals spent. Health Affairs, 34(8), 1296–1303.