Drawing on assigned readings plus at least three references from your own research, please respond to the following essay prompt in about 1,500 words (excluding the reference list at the end of the paper):
Explain and assess the partisanism and political strategies surrounding the legislative processes, debate, and enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
Textbooks:
Weissert, W. G. & Weissert, C. S. (2019). Governing health: The politics of health policy (5th
ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN- 9781421428949
Module 1 Legislative and Political Processes
Objectives
When you complete this module, you should be able to:
• Examine and assess legislative processes, political strategies, and
partisanism in the health care realm.
• Describe the structures and functions of congress and the Presidency.
• Examine and review the motivations and sources of ideas of the framers
who conferred on the legislative and executive branches.
