Healthcare Policy Assignment 4

Part 1 should identify a problem associated with healthcare, which contributes to the high costs of our healthcare system (10%).

Part 2 should discuss the current attempts and government programs used to deal with the problem. It should explore the criticisms or shortcomings of these attempts or programs (30%).

Part 3should examine the demand side and supply side factors contributing to the crisis and other economic concepts mentioned such as information failures, rent seeking, monopoly, externalities, etc. This is the economic analysis portion of your paper (25%).

Part 4 should be where you put in your conclusions and try to resolve any issues raised in your research. You also provide possible solutions you found in your research(25%).

Part 5

Your paper should have at least 5 articles referenced.

A work cited page is required.

References need to have in-text citation (10%)

The paper needs to be at least 1100 words long though it can be longer.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.