Assignment task:
The culminating project for this course is a comprehensive health policy analysis, For detailed information on how the assignment will be assessed, refer to the Assessment Criteria found in 6.3 Assignment: Health Policy Analysis.
The policy analysis will cover a current healthcare policy issue. The analysis will result in a final recommendation for action by a legislator with an interest in your policy area of expertise. Your analysis will be used to frame the legislator's position and provide the basis for explaining his or her position to the media and constituents.
The policy analysis will follow the method outlined in Chapter 14 of your textbook, Essentials of Health Policy and Law.
1. Identify the health policy issue you want to address in the Health Policy Analysis.
2. Pay particular attention to the section entitled, Structuring a policy analysis, and its subsection, The problem identification, from Chapter 14 of Essentials of Health Policy and Law.
3. Identify the problem identification for Health Policy Analysis following the guidance contained in the text.