Policy brief

  Assignment Criteria Students will develop a written Policy Brief addressing the following: 1. Introduce the selected state or federal bill used in Assignment 1. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), frequently known as Obamacare, but originally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 2. Provide a summary of the issue or problem related to the chosen state or federal bill selected in Assignment 1. Medication prices are still high. 3. Describe the background information related to the issue or problem. Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, end stage kidney diseases still can’t afford their medication at their local pharmacy due to high copay price. o Include key regulatory and legislative history and any related data. 4. Explain policy options or alternatives. To make medications affordable, lower the co-pay price for medications. o Include pros and cons of any policy option or alternative, timetable of action, political perspective with policy option and alternative, and political vote count for each policy option if known. o If not available, please note in the brief. 5. Discuss various stakeholder perspectives on each policy option or alternative if available. o Provide recommended actions. 6. The Policy Brief should be in narrative format and two to three pages in length excluding the title and reference page. 7. No introductory paragraph, purpose statement or conclusion is needed for this Policy Brief Assignment. 8. Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the Policy Brief Assignment. 9. Include three professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support the paper (review in Ulrich Periodical Directory) and should be less than five years old, 2016-2021.