Healthcare Administration Policy

Extra Credit

Extra credit will only be accepted if all other assignments, discussion boards and tests have been submitted.  This is not a substitution for completing other work.

Opportunity: Listen to the podcast, “The Uncertain Hour”, season one, episodes 1 – 6.

• S01-1: The Magic Bureaucrat
  • https://www.marketplace.org/2016/04/28/world/magic-bureaucrat
• S01-2: White gloves, aluminum cans and plasma
  • https://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/11/wealth-poverty/uncertain-hour/welfare-mothers-two-portraits
• S01-3: What’s love (styles) got to do with it?
  • https://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/26/world/uncertain-hour/s01-3-your-state-welfare
• S01-4: Everything but the kitchen sink
  • https://www.marketplace.org/2016/06/08/wealth-poverty/uncertain-hour/s1-04-everything-kitchen-sink
• S01-5: “Pregnant? We can help.”
  • https://www.marketplace.org/2016/06/22/wealth-poverty/uncertain-hour/s01-5-pregnant-we-can-help
• S01-6: The road not taken
  • https://www.marketplace.org/2016/07/06/wealth-poverty/uncertain-hour/s01-6-road-not-taken

Write a paper that answers the following questions:

1. What were the goals of the “Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act“? (Welfare Reform in the 1990’s)
2. Did the policy change achieve the intended goal? Why or why not?
3. Why is this a health policy matter? Why is it relevant today?
4. What has been the impact on health?
5. Kansas: Who administers TANF? How many receive support? How has that changed since reform?
6. If a change were to be made, what might the first steps be?

Expectations:

1. 5-7 pages in length
2. Minimum of ten sources (one of which can be the podcast)
3. Provide a well-documented case for all assertions and answers to the prompts
4. Writing skills: organization/structure, grammar, sentence structure, word choice

The maximum extra credit to be awarded will be up to 50 points.

Direct questions about this opportunity to

Other Resources that may be helpful:

1. https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/114th-congress-2015-2016/reports/49887-tanf.pdf
2. https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1-25-11tanf-KS.pdf
3. https://kac.org/data-and-research/tanf/
4. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-enrollees-and-work-requirements-lessons-from-the-tanf-experience/
5. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/understanding-the-intersection-of-medicaid-and-work/