Examine a safety net program or legal protection that supports health, analyze the role and adequacy of the program in addressing social determinants of health; promoting population health, and reducing health disparities; and describe the gaps in the program/protection.
Choose:

• Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
  You should include:

1. Introduce your paper with a general statement about the paper, then a purpose statement. A purpose statement starts with: The purpose of this paper is to
   discuss . . . . then the key elements of what you are going to discuss. This should identify and describe the program/legal protection you will be discussing.
   .
2. Discuss the following: 1) What is the background for this program? How did it come about? 2) What social determinants of health are addressed through
   this program/protection and how? 3) Who is eligible for this program/protection?
   .
3. 1) What are the limitations/gaps in the program/protection? How do these limitations/gaps fail individual members or groups within the population? 2)
   What can we, as nurses, do to encourage the use of these programs/protections and what can we do if a patient is ineligible? Are there alternatives we can
   recommend or connections we can facilitate?
   .
4. End the paper with a 3-5 sentence conclusion that summarizes your thoughts.