Public Policy/Program Evaluation Essay Questions
Essay: Respond to the following questions in great detail.
A) Eugene Bardach’s book “A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis” provided an enlightened guide to the Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving techniques in the field of policy analysis. Explain in detail each path of the Eightfold paths and bring your own argument on how policy analysis and evaluation could be conducted more effectively (with common sense) and resolve our policy issues to fit the need of our main customers – the citizens of the United States – not the interest groups or corporate entities.
B) Make a critical analysis and program evaluation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and how the Act was being challenged by Trump Administration. In this context, discuss how the repeal of mandatory part of ACA (by Republican Tax Reform Act 2017) have impacted the Health Care in USA.
C) Provide a broader understanding of the health care system by critically bringing the public policy issues relevant to Medicaid and Medicare programs; how these two programs are integrated with the broader health care for everyday Americans, and how can these two programs be funded effectively and made economically sustainable.
D) Compare and contrast the Health Care system with Canada, United Kingdom, France & Germany (any two countries) along with US system, and make a profound argument between the Universal health care model vs Market based model or combination of both.
E) In conclusion & recommendations, discuss and provide possible advice and suggestions about how the Health Care system can be improved to make it economically sensible and equitable for all Americans. Your discussion should include the assessment of ideas from both Democratic & Republican Party platforms in this post Covid pandemic environment.
