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A 15 page research paper that examines and discusses the various issues involved in the national debate over how to formulate effective public policy pertaining to health care coverage. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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save $106 billion over the course of the next decade because it would become feasible to cut payments to hospitals as more Americans became insured (Pear and Calmes, 2009). However,
an analysis released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget office indicates that the plan formulated by Senators Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut would reduce the
number of Americans without health insurance by only 16 million, leaving 36 million uninsured, which would negate the possibility of reducing hospital payments (Pear and Calmes, 2009). This discrepancy
in figures indicates the immense complexity of this public policy issue. In his speech, the President referred to the problem of health care as a "ticking bomb for the
federal budget" (Pear and Calmes, 2009, p. A1). Many analysts agree with this assessment. For example, Steuerle and Bovbjerg state that meeting virtually "any new major federal budget priority" in
regards to "children, the elderly, energy independent, budget balance," etc. will soon be "nearly impossible if health costs grow as projected" (Steuerle and Bovbjerg, 2008, p. 633). The following examination
of how public policy is formulated will specifically focus on the pressing issue of health care reform, examining it from various stakeholder perspectives. Public policy in American culture It
is axiomatic that Americans have an innate distrust of government. Therefore, essentially, the goal of public policy in U.S. society is to achieve a balance between the "positive effects of
government while avoiding its tyrannical potentials," which is a goal that frequently encompasses using government to "control abuses in the private economy" (Bellah, et al, 1991, p. 25). The issue
of health care and how to finance it is viewed by many as pertaining to issues of "fairness and equity between insured and uninsured people, between elderly and those not
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