METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH

INSTRUCTIONS

Hello class,

Your task is to read carefully the research article, “You Can’t Make Me Do It: State Implementation of Insurance Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act” by Stephen F. Haeder & David L. Weimer, in Public Administration Review, Vol. 73, Issue 51 (2013) (Special Issue) pp. 534–547; and address the following:

State the thesis or main point of this article; in other words, what is the key theme of the article, and the objective(s) the authors seek to achieve? Also explain the key terms/concepts/ideas presented by the authors.

What is the methodological approach of this article; that is, what method(s) did the authors use to conduct their research and present their findings?

Identify and discuss briefly the findings, and indicate what new things you have learned from the article.

Develop a conclusion for your response that highlights in a paragraph or two the contribution of this article to your knowledge of intergovernmental relations especially in the context of the debates that surrounded the 2010 Affordable care Act (or Obama Care). How has this article enhanced your understanding of public administration/public management practice?

Instructions: . Length: No more than 3 pages;

SOLUTIONS

Methodological Approach

Main Point

The article identifies political roadblocks and nearby variations which have hindered the powerful implementation of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 because it turned into supposed on the nation degree. The healthcare regulation turned into diagnosed as the suitable federal mandate that might assist in attaining well-known take care of all American citizens. However, the authors are seeking for to illustrate how the struggles withinside the implementation of the regulation is an notable test for public management research. Despite the efforts of the federal authorities in presenting the important monetary support, the executive obligations on the nation degree have been indispensable withinside the sluggish implementation process. It is because of this that the authors speak the want to put in force coverage exchanges and a widespread but complex policy. This is accompanied through an in-intensity description of the person nation responses to those demands, the merging topics for the duration of the implementation process, the significance of nation commissioners withinside the development of enforcing the regulation, and the way ACA turned into nearly beaten through the boundaries encountered.

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