Essay (Respond all parts of the ONLY following question in 6000-7000 words or 20
Essay (Respond all parts of the ONLY following question in 6000-7000 words or 20/25 pages)
Dr. Deborah Stone’s Policy Paradox, discussed the issues of
a) policy goals (Equity, Efficiency, Welfare, Liberty, Security);
b) policy problems (Symbols, Numbers, Causes, Interest, Decisions);
c) policy solution(Incentives, Rules, Facts,
Rights, and Powers) which are broad types of policy instruments
governments can use to solve problems.
d) She further added that policy instruments
are not just tools, each with its own function, and its own suitability
for certain kinds of job. The task of the analyst is to figure out with
is the best tool to use, and then fix mistakes when thing don’t go as
planned.
e) Discuss critically (think yourself as a
policy analyst), how these policy goals, problems, and the instruments
of solutions can be creatively used to solve the major public policy
programs (Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and other government
supported programs like Housing and Food Stamp/SNAP etc) in the United
States.
f) In your writings, discuss and debate the
Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its implications as a major public policy
change in the United States. In this context discuss the ACA Repeal
& Replacement attempt by Trump as a President and restoration of ACA
after Biden Election in 2020. Also discuss how the ACA should be
addressed especially in the light of current political environment in
the country. Also provide a broader understanding of the health care
system & ideas like Universal Health Care System around the
developed world (e.g Canada, UK, France and Germany), and how these
ideas be addressed in American context.
g) Lastly, You must have studied both the text
books rather thoroughly and by now must have pretty good idea about
all the chapter themes from both the books, particularly the chapters we
have discussed the most in the class. Additionally, I also emphasized
that you need to be well versed about olicy issues debated and discussed
in the news media. In this context, you critically analyze the
Infrastructure Investment and Inflation Reduction bills passed by the
Congress and signed by President Biden. How these imporant bills will
impact America’s roads, highways, carbon reduction and taming inflation
in the long run.
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