Obamacare

Case Study
The single most prevalent topic for health care executives, administrators and managers today is how to optimize the impact of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, which is popularly known as “Obamacare.” The purpose of the law is to provide access to affordable health care insurance for the previously uninsured, along with incentives to purchase it.

For this assignment, each group member should begin by reading about the Affordable Care Act of 2010 at the following two sites, which offer clear and simple descriptions of its provisions:
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/healthreform/healthcare-overview
• https://www.healthcare.gov/how-does-the-affordable-care-act-affect-me/

Then, read the attached case, “Strategies for Dealing with Health Care Reform,” which will serve as the basis for your case study.

Your Assignment

Jim Jones, CEO of North Eastern Hospital (NEH), has hired your team of consultants (give yourselves a name) to take his ideas, research them, add your own ideas and create a proposal that he can present to his Board of Trustees.

Your essays will be graded on your knowledge of program evaluation and your ability to process the information that you have learned during the semester, not on what you can copy out of a textbook. In addition to addressing the questions, your answers should be in essay (not an outline) form, organized, and well-written.With your understanding of program evaluation, discuss how you would ensure that a policy or program is continued? Use an actual program or policy to help you answer the question. Why is program evaluation important to a public administrator? Under what conditions should an administrator request an evaluation?