Towards Healthcare Reform

The Session Long Project (SLP) for this course entails development of a series of position papers (one page) on the topics introduced in each module. After reading and reviewing the required materials for the modules, draft a position paper informed by what you learned from this background information.

For this second SLP assignment, your position paper should address the Affordable Care Act as a mechanism for reducing the burden of uncompensated care.

Length: One page, single-spaced

Required Reading

Bhattacharya, D. (2013). Chapter 16: Medical readmissions and the Affordable Care Act. In Public health policy: Issues, theories, and advocacy. (pp. 365–387). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Goldman, H. H., & Karakus, M. C. (2014). Do not turn out the lights on the public mental health system when the ACA is fully implemented. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 41(4). 429–433.

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.

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