Summary of the health care agency of your choice

Course objective(s) 1.1: Students will be able to identify how U.S. health care system components interact and shape the current structure; 1.2: Students will be able to identify major public health challenges facing U.S. healthcare delivery systems; 2.1: Students will be able to identify the inter-relationship between the health care delivery system and the public health system; 2.2: Students will be able to distinguish public health based prevention strategies from curative strategies utilized for prevalent health conditions; 3.1: Students will be able to relate the importance of agency involvement in population health initiatives; 3.2: Students will be able to identify key factors that influence the functioning of local and national health care systems; 4.1: Students will demonstrate professional conduct in oral communication, written communication, and punctuality. Council on Education in Public Health Bachelor’s Competencies – Public Health Communication: Written Communication (HCb); Public Health Communication: Communicate with Diverse Audiences (HCc); Public Health Communication: Communicate through Variety of Media (HCd); Information Literacy: Locate Information (ILa); Information Literacy: Use Information (ILb); Information Literacy: Evaluate Information (ILc); Information Literacy: Synthesize Information (ILd). The critical assignment in this course is a presentation on Medicare, Medicaid, or the Affordable Care Act. Each of your supportive submissions (1-3) will assist in keeping you on track towards submitting a quality critical assignment. Therefore, I highly suggest looking ahead to the critical assignment requirements, and including them into your supportive submissions, whenever pertinent. When applicable, I will offer feedback on the supportive submissions that should be incorporated into your critical assignment. Supportive Submission #1 requires you to research, choose, and identify the health care agency for your report (Medicare, Medicaid, or ACA). Give a summary of the health care agency of your choice, including its history and how the agency currently interacts with the U.S. health care system. Identify major public health challenges facing U.S. healthcare delivery systems and your chosen agency. Identify the inter-relationship between the health care delivery system and the public health system. All written submissions should reflect professionalism in grammar, spelling, writing style/format (one-inch margins, double spaced, typed in 12-point Times New Roman font), include APA 6th citations when appropriate, an appropriate title page, and be uploaded as .doc or .docx documents.