Instruction
For this assignment you will rely heavily on materials found at the Kaiser Family Foundation website, HYPERLINK "http://www.kff.org" www.kff.org:
For the first part of the assignment, refer to this page of that website, with the title Compare Proposals to Replace The Affordable Care Act:
HYPERLINK "http://www.kff.org/interactive/proposals-to-replace-the-affordable-care-act/" http://www.kff.org/interactive/proposals-to-replace-the-affordable-care-act/
This page contains a comparison of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act with the provisions of the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) as its default display. It provides a general overview and then focuses on 17 specific areas for comparison. For the first part of the assignment, please talk about how the AHCA differs from the ACA. Some of these areas will require more discussion than others. Since we have been covering the ACA in our textbook, you may assume the reader knows the ACA. I want you to write this as if you are trying to explain the AHCAs proposed changes to a reader who is informed about the ACA. For most of the points of comparison, I think it is reasonable to summarize what is being proposed in the AHCA in a paragraph or two. For example, I dont want a complete list of every tax change, but simply a summary of what is being done in each area of comparison, and perhaps a mention of a couple of specific ones you find interesting.
For the second part of the assignment, please refer to this part of the kff website:
High-Risk Pools For Uninsurable Individuals
HYPERLINK "http://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/high-risk-pools-for-uninsurable-individuals/" http://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/high-risk-pools-for-uninsurable-individuals/
Please write a summary of the discussion of high-risk pools. For the last part of this analysis, discuss whether you would recommend covering uninsurable individuals in high-risk pools, by mandating insurance plans cover them. Alternatively, you may argue that it doesn't matter because either way they are being covered.
For the third part of the paper, please write at least 2 pages on another important healthcare issue discussed on the kff.org website. Examples of some possible issues to discuss: Medicaid issues, opioid epidemic, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), insurer participation trends in ACA marketplaces.
8 pages at least