Identify one contemporary health care issue in government and discuss the a.) social, b.) ethical and c.) economic impact of the issue related to health policy.

Read chapters 37-40 and 44 from Mason, D. J., Dickson, E.L., Perez, G.A., & McLemore, M.R. (Eds.). (2021). Policy & politics in nursing and health care (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0323554985.

Discussion Board Items

1. Identify one contemporary health care issue in government and discuss the a.) social, b.) ethical and c.) economic impact of the issue related to health policy. (List the issue and then address a, b, c.)
2. With the increase in the number of baby boomers reaching retirement age and holding strong political power, what are two economic issues that both the federal and state governments will need to address?
3. Give one example of how nurses can affect public policy in various appointed positions.
4. Identify a (nursing) practice issue and describe the steps you would take to influence a local politician to draft a bill in favor of your concerns.
5. Go to Congress.gov, (Links to an external site.), click Legislation at the very top, then check the current Congress on the left margin, and look for bills that are related to your practice issue. List the bills that are related here, include the bill number and bill name If none, write NONE and the search terms you used to search for bills of interest to you.
6. If you were to need the support of one of your legislators specific to a health policy of interest to you, which one of your representatives would you choose as your legislative contact? Why? Go to either your state (Texas) website or back to Congress.gov and see which committees your legislator is on and/or what their policy interests are….this could give you rationale for the why in this item. Be specific and share what committees he/she is on and/or their policy interests…not all of them but the ones that relate to your rationale.

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Your response to your Discussion Board is more similar to a ‘mini paper’. Your response is to ‘show evidence of knowledge and understanding of your reading assignment and include other resources beyond the assigned reading to EXTEND the learning’ AND you need to clearly communicate ideas and opinions (based on your readings) and deepen discussion AND ‘postings show appropriate vocabulary and writing style …which is professional and APA format. Thus….this results not in a short answer, but instead a ‘mini paper’ of sorts. (Citations Required)

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This assignment requires an initial post and a reply to a peer or classmate.

The peer response isnt necessarily a critique of their post. What they are basically looking for is for us to elaborate or further build on their posts. We are able to agree or disagree. Highlight the points that we found interesting and build on it. Respond with our thoughts about the matter. Adding evidence to support the conversation and then asking a question to stimulate conversation.