This assignment requires students to select a policy from a given list and write a 2-page brief that includes an overview of the issue, background, policy, debate, and future implications, using a minimum of 5 academic sources.

Assignment 6.1 Policy Brief
Assignment Content
Policy Brief #2
Analyzing policy requires an understanding not only of existing policies and proposed policies, but also where policies stem from and where they are likely to go. Understanding how stakeholders advocate for or against policies is also important. This assignment requires students to select from the listed policies and write a brief that provides an overview of these essential topics. A sample can be found here: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20160225.954803/listitem/healthpolicybrief_153.pdf
Each policy brief should be approximately 2 pages (double-spaced), with the following sections:
Issue
Background
Policy
Debate
What’s next
A minimum of 5 academic sources should be used, appropriately cited in text and on a reference page
Choose from one of the following topics:
Access to treatment for opioid use disorder
Medicare Advantage plans
Accountable care organizations
Support to prevent closure of rural hospitals
Readings:
Purington, K., Gauthier, A., Patel, S. & Miller, C. (2011). On the road to better value: State roles in promoting accountable care organizations. National Academy for State Health Policy. Retrieved from https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2011/feb/road-better-value-state-roles-promoting-accountable-care
Recommended:
Cohn, J. (2021) The Ten Year War: Chapter 5: The Freedom trail. St. Martin’s Press (pdf attached)

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