Identify a health policy issue, find a stateor US federal bill related to it,
1. A) Identify a health policy issue, find a stateor US federal bill related to it, trace its progress and provide a summary. You will want to use the websites required for this week: govtrack.us and Library of Congress Thomas for federal bills; ILGA.gov site for state bills. YOU MAY NOT WRITE ABOUT immunizations, Specialized Mental Health Rexhabilitation Act of 2013, H.R. 2094: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, Women’s Reproductive Health Policy, or Childhood Obesity.
B) Add to your peers’ critical evaluation of their issue by posing an intelligent question to the following post OR add information that contributes to a more complete picture of the policy issue or the state of the legislation. The peer’s critical evaluation is as follows (you may use the peers’ evaluation as an example to how to write part A):
The health policy issue I have selected focuses on women’s health and ensuring women have access to reproductive health care. The Senate Resolution 60 is entitled: A resolution supporting women’s reproductive health. The bill was introduced on February 27, 2013 and has been referred to committee.
This resolution was presented by Senator Barbara Boxer with 12 cosponsors. The main goals of this resolution are to complete the following:
(1) ensure that women have access to contraception, other preventive services, and medically accurate information necessary to make health care decisions;
(2) ensure that women who rely on the family planning and related preventive health grant programs of the Public Health Service Act, title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, and non-profit providers like Planned Parenthood continue to get cancer screenings, birth control, and other essential health care services;
(3) ensure that women have access to affordable insurance coverage for all pregnancy-related health care needs; and
(4) reduce health disparities between men and women and among women of different races, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.
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