Unit 3 IP

 Individual Project

Unit:  Health Care Policy and Political, Social, and Cultural Environments 

Due Date:  Wed, 10/25/17 

Deliverable Length:  1,000 words, not including cover or reference pages

The United States created Medicaid—a publicly funded health care  program—to assist people in obtaining health care services. Write a  paper of 1000 words that explores Medicaid and the Children’s  Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and that addresses the following:

• What legislation introduced Medicaid, and what are the funding sources for the program?  
• What are some of the changes, including CHIP, that have occurred to the Medicaid program since its inception?  
• What are the demographics of the majority of people covered by  Medicaid, and how many people in the United States are covered by  Medicaid?  
• Evaluate the changes that will occur to Medicaid with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  
• Assess social and cultural changes and their impact on developing new health policies to make Medicaid and CHIP more effective. 

Note: Your paper should be formatted in APA style,  and it should include 4 references, 2 of which are peer-reviewed sources  from health care journals.