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Discussion Post: Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet

It may seem to you that healthcare has been a national topic of debate among political leaders for as long as you can remember.

Healthcare has been a policy item and a topic of debate not only in recent times but as far back as the administration of the second U.S. president, John Adams. In 1798, Adams signed legislation requiring that 20 cents per month of a sailor's paycheck be set aside for covering their medical bills. This represented the first major piece of U.S. healthcare legislation, and the topic of healthcare has been woven into presidential agendas and political debate ever since.

As a healthcare professional, you may be called upon to provide expertise, guidance and/or opinions on healthcare matters as they are debated for inclusion into new policy. You may also be involved in planning new organizational policy and responses to changes in legislation. For all of these reasons you should be prepared to speak to national healthcare issues making the news.

In this discussion, you will analyze recent presidential healthcare agendas. You also will prepare a fact sheet to communicate the importance of a healthcare issue and the impact on this issue of recent or proposed policy.

To Prepare:

1. Review the agenda priorities of the current/sitting U.S. president and at least one previous presidential administration.

2. Select an issue related to healthcare that was addressed by two U.S. presidential administrations (current and previous).

3. Consider how you would communicate the importance of a healthcare issue to a legislator/policymaker or a member of their staff for inclusion on an agenda.

4. Use your Discussion post to help with this assignment.

Part I: Agenda Comparison Grid

Use the Agenda Comparison Grid Template found in the Learning Resources and complete the Part I: Agenda Comparison Grid based on the current/sitting U.S. president and the previous president, and their agendas related to the population health concern you selected. Be sure to address the following:

1. Identify and provide a brief description of the population health concern you selected.

2. Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.

3. Identify the allocation of resources that the presidents dedicated to this issue.

Part II: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis

Using the information you recorded in Part I: Agenda Comparison Grid on the template, complete the Part II: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis portion of the template, by addressing the following:

1. Which administrative agency (like HHS, CDC, FDA, OHSA) would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected and why is this agency the most helpful for the issue?

2. How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the presidential agenda? How does it stay there?

3. An entrepreneur/champion/sponsor helps to move the issue forward. Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/champion/sponsor (this can be a celebrity, a legislator, an agency director, or others) of the healthcare issue you selected and why would this person be a good entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor? An example is Michael J. Fox is champion for Parkinson's disease.

Part III: Fact Sheet

Using the information recorded on the template in Parts I and II, develop a 1-page fact sheet that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue. Be sure to address the following:

1. Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
2. Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.

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