SOCIAL POL SWK 440 – Obama Healthcare – Delineation and Overview of the Policy under Analysis

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I.
Delineation and
Overview of the Policy under Analysis
A. What
is the specific policy or general policy area to be analyzed?
B. What
is the nature of the problem being targeted by the policy?
1. How
is the problem defined?
2. For
whom who is it a problem?
C. What
is the context of the policy being analyzed (i.e., how does this specific
policy fit with other policies seeking to manage a social problem)?
D. Choice
Analysis (i.e., what is the design of programs created by a policy and what are
alternatives to this design?)
1. What
are the base of allocation?
2. What
are the types of social provisions?
3. What
are the strategies for delivery of benefits?
4. What
are the methods of financing these provisions?
II.
Historical Analysis
A. What
policies and programs were previously developed to deal with the problem? In
other words, how has this problem been dealt with in the past?
B. How
has the specific policy/program under analysis developed over time?
1. What
people, or groups of people, initiated and/or promoted the policy?
2. What
people, or groups of people, opposed the policy?
C. What
does history tell us about effective/ineffective approaches to the problem
being addressed?
D. To
what extent does the current policy/program incorporate the lessons of history?
III.
Social Analysis
A. Problem
description
1. How
complete is our knowledge of the problem?
2. Are
our efforts to deal with the problem in accord with research findings?
3. What
population is affected by the problem?
a. Size
b. Defining
characteristics
c. Destribution
4. What
theory or theories of human behavior are explicit or, more likely, implicit in
the policy?
5. What
are major social values related to the problem and what value conflicts exist?
6. What
are the goals of the policy under analysis?
1. Manifest
(stated) goals
2. Latent
(unstated) goals
3. Degree
of consensus regarding goals
7. What
are the hypotheses implicit or explicit in the statement of the problem and
goals?
IV.
Economic Analysis
A. What
are the effects and/or potential effects of the policy on the functioning of
the economy as a whole- output, income, inflation, unemployment, and so forth?
( macroeconomic analysis)
B. What
are the effects and/or potential effects of the policy on the behavior of
individuals, firms, and markets-motivation to work, cost of rent, supply of
commodities, etc.? (microeconomic analysis)
C. Opportunity
cost: cost/benefit analysis
V.
Political Analysis
A. Who
are the major stakeholders regarding this particular policy/programs?
1. What
is the power base of the policy/program’s supporters?
2. What
is the power base of the policy/program’s opponents?
3. How
well are the policy/program’s intended beneficiaries represented in the ongoing
development and implementation of the policy/program?
B. How
has the policy/program been legitimized? In this basis for legitimation still
current?
C. To
what extent is the policy/program an example of rational decision making,
incremental change, or of change brought about by conflict?
D. What
are the political aspects of the implementation of the policy/program?
VI.
Policy/Program
Evaluation
A. What
are the outcomes of the policy/program in relation to the stated goals?
B. What
are the unintended consequences of the policy/program?
C. Is
the policy/program cost effective?
VII.
Current Proposals for
Policy Reform