Presently, the United States is a fragmented system that offers a misdistribution of “haves” and “have nots” which impact the cost of delivering health care. The United States is currently a nation of overinsured, underinsured, and uninsured people. Review the attached “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” and “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” detailed summary as well as the information provided on the U.S. […]

 After completing the exercise you should have some idea of your potential for being a professional counselor.  You may use the questions as sub-headings. (APA format required)

How would a low-cost price leader enforce its leadership through implied threats to a rival? How does a firm become a “low cost” price leader? Discuss the specific type of market structure that implied threat strategy can be adapted. 

A competent social worker must develop a strong awareness of self.  Please list and describe 5 of the 12 points made in the text and in the lecture that would be more challenging for you as a practitioner to achieve.

This discussion is for you to gain more information about possible social work professional positions and to further your exploration of social work as a career.

Social workers can apply knowledge and skills learned from conducting one type of evaluation to others. Moreover, evaluations themselves can inform and com`plement each other throughout the life of a program. This week, you apply all that you have learned about program evaluation throughout this course to aid you in program evaluation.

For this assignment, you will select discriminatory issues within a program or policy, analyze that program or policy, explain strategies to address the issues, and recommend improvements. Keeping in mind that policy change does not happen in a vacuum, you will also format these recommendations as an audiovisual presentation for policymakers, clearly presenting the case for your chosen improvements.

Healthcare organizations must be economically viable to implement and maintain policies. Cost-benefit analysis measures viability and highlights when or where changes need to be made to ensure financial sustainability.  Medical City-Plano – examine the financial policy within that company that supports or negates sustainability (i.e., cost, benefit, and outcome). 

 Engaged citizenship can be expressed in numerous ways. For some, social movements and political activism are signs of progress, while for others; they are signs of unwanted change and a declining society. Examples of social movements include concerns of global warming and climate change, protection of 2nd Amendment rights and one’s right to life, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, immigration and refugee issues, religious rights, and […]

List and describe 5 of the central challenges facing older people living in the US.  Also, discuss with each challenge of how social workers address the described challenges.