Two Potential Research Topics by Abdulallah Arbabzadah
Research Topic #1
My first potential topic will be on the
Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 with the goal
of reducing the uninsured rate and healthcare spending and improving health
outcomes of beneficiaries. Some questions I want to answer include the
following: Has the Affordable Care Act worked in reaching its goals? What are
the benefits of the law? What are the drawbacks? If it has worked, then why? If
not, then why not?
Some sources for this research paper
include the following:
Wish list: Articles written about the
Affordable Care Act.
Research Topic #2
My second potential topic
will be on Medicare and Medicaid. Both were created in 1965 by the Johnson
administration with the goal of reducing or eliminating the uninsured rate
among the elderly and poor and improving health outcomes of beneficiaries. Some
questions I want to answer include the following: Have Medicare and Medicaid
worked in reaching their goals? What are the benefits of the social welfare
programs? What are the drawbacks? If they have worked, then why? If not, then
why not?
Some sources for this research paper
include the following:
Wish
list: Articles written about Medicare and Medicaid
Abdullah,
ReplyDeleteIt would be really interesting to approach the topic of Medicare and Medicaid from either an economic or political aspect, or both. I think interpreting what the creation and passage of these legislative pieces reflected about the American economy, political system, and healthcare system at the time could be engaging. It may even be interesting to explore the drastic changes in Medicare that a single president enacted, such as Richard Nixon's or to compare and contrast the nation's evolving relationship with public healthcare, from Medicare/Medicaid to the Affordable Healthcare Act.
I think these are both great topics, but I think finding a way to make a historic argument about the ACA or Medicare/Medicaid would make it even more compelling. Right now, it seems like you would be evaluating the effectiveness of the programs. In order to make a historic argument, you might want to look at the social and political contexts of the programs and how that affected them. Or maybe you could trace the Medicare/Medicaid program over time.
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