Module 3 Children’s Health (SLP) Health Care Policy (BHM415)

Project description
Module 3 – SLP
Children’s Health

For the Session Long Project we will explore health care policies from the standpoint of the health care manager.
Session Long Project

For the third component of the Session Long Project, please write a position paper on The State Children’s Health Insurance Program. This is a two-part assignment:

Do you feel that The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) achieves its fundamental purposes? Why or why not?
Based upon an analysis of the policy and the outcomes of the program, would you recommend that The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) be expanded? Why or why not?
BACKGROUND MATERIALS

Acevedo-Garcia, D., Osypuk, T., McArdle, N., et al. (2008, Mar./Apr.). Toward a policy-relevant analysis of geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in child health. Health Affairs, 27(2), 321-333.

Raphael, J. & Beal, A. (2010). A review of the evidence for disparities in child vs adult health care: A disparity in disparities. Journal of the National Medical Association, 102(8), 684-91. Retrieved from ProQuest

Vistnes, J., & Schone, B. (2008). Pathways to coverage: the changing roles of public and private sources. Health Affairs, 27(1), 44-56.