Health Care Policy Analysis

A health care policy analysis (HPA) is a specific process that helps policymakers identified potential policy options that could alleviate issues brought up by the American populace.

For this assignment you will conduct a health care policy analysis based on the following video and create a policy that addresses the issues presented by the author.

Video: How America’s Opioid Crisis Spiraled Out of Control

Your assignment will include the following components and answers to the questions indicated in each section:

Problem Identification

• What is the problem(s) you are trying to address?

Policy Options

• Identify a minimum of three possible solutions to the identified problem.
• Why did you choose these solutions to address the problem?
• Which one of these options will you choose to turn into a policy?
• Why were the other two options not chosen?

Overview

• What is the name of your policy? Provide a brief overview of the key components of the policy.

Framing Questions

• What level of government or institution will implement the policy?
• How does the policy work/operate? For example, will it be mandatory? How will it be funded?
• What are the policy’s objectives?

Criteria

• How does the policy address the identified issue?
• What population(s) will benefit?

Political

• Who are the stakeholders, including supporters and opponents?
• What are the potential impacts of the policy on other sectors and high priority issues (e.g., sustainability, economic impact)?

Operational

• How much time will be needed for the policy to be enacted, implemented, and enforced?

Budget

• From a budgetary perspective, what will be the costs and benefits associated with the policy?

Economic

• How do costs compare to benefits (e.g., cost-savings, costs averted, ROI, cost effectiveness, cost-benefit analysis, and so on)?

Your assignment should be a minimum of five pages in length and should include a title page and reference page (title and reference pages do not count toward the minimum page requirement).