TASK
WEEK 1 (CHOOSE TWO OF THE THREE QUESTIONS BELOW TO COMMENT ON FOR THIS WEEK’S DISCUSSION TOPIC)
A. As part of federal health reform, President Obama introduced and was successful at having passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Trump has tried to repeal several of the provisions. How has ACA helped Americans and how have some of the repeals (identify 1 to 2) affected Americans.
B. Identify a specific public health issue that you believe needs to be highlighted more in health policy and based on your textbook readings discuss how social media can be used as a health promotion tool to improve public awareness on the selected healthcare issue.
C. Imagine that you are a Washington lobbyist. What would be your main messages regarding changes needed in the health system (if any) if you worked for an association representing generalist physicians? What if you worked on behalf of Medicare patients? Non-profit community hospitals? The insurance industry? The chronically ill?Community health clinics that serve poor and vulnerable populations? How would your messages be similar or different, and why?
Be sure to adhere to the following when posting your weekly discussions:
1. Students are to write their name and the appropriate discussion number/discussion title in the title bar for each discussion. For example Discussion 1: Micheal Cabrera or Discussion 3: Sheila Smith. This is important in identifying that students are submitting original posts as well as response posts as required.
2. Students are to submit their discussions directly onto Blackboard Discussion Board. Attachments submitted as discussion board posts will not be graded.
3. As a reminder, all discussion posts must be minimum 250 words, references must be cited in APA format 7th Edition, and must include minimum of 2 scholarly resources published within the past 5-7 years. Students must respond at least to 2 different posts on 2 separate days. Response posts must be minimum 150 words each.
