Discussion Board Instructions For each thread posted by the instructor, each student will be required to post substantive comments and/or attach a file or link that supplements the discussion. For each thread, students may (but are not required to) reply to some of their colleagues postings. I am looking for an intellectually robust Discussion Board! Also, if you fall behind, please know that you are more than welcome to go back to a previous week to post. I grade the Discussion Board postings at the end of the semester so you have the entire semester to post intellectually captivating threads! As always, proper online etiquette is required for discussion board. (At least 230 words for each discussion please!) (Also need two references for each and please paste the references right below each discussion so I know where they belong to) Thank you. Discussion #1 For a combination of reasons (including a decline in the long term care insurance market and a dramatic rise in longevity) many Americanspoor, middle-class and even wealthy– are using Medicaid to fund their long term care needs. What are your thoughts on this situation and what might be done so that future generations dont find themselves in this situation? Reading/Viewing New York Times, One Womans Slide from Middle Class to Medicaid found at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/your-money/one-womans-slide-from-the-upper-middle-class-to-medicaid.html?mcubz=0 New York Times, Medicaid Cuts may force Retirees out of Nursing Homes found at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/24/science/medicaid-cutbacks-elderly-nursing-homes.html?mcubz=0 New York Times, Plan on Growing Old? Then the Medicaid Debate Affects You found at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/your-money/plan-on-growing-old-then-the-medicaid-debate-affects-you.html?mcubz=0 New York Times, How the Medicaid Debate Affects Long Term Care Insurance Decisions found at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/your-money/how-the-medicaid-debate-affects-long-term-care-insurance-decisions.html?mcubz=0 New York Times, Youre Probably Going to Need Medicaid found at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/opinion/youre-probably-going-to-need-medicaid.html?mcubz=0 New York Times, The Ethics of Adjusting Your Assets to Qualify for Medicaid found at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/your-money/estate-planning/the-ethics-of-adjusting-your-assets-to-qualify-for-medicaid.html?mcubz=0 Investor News, Long Term Care Market Sees Rapid Decline (July 2016) found at https://www.investmentnews.com/article/20160721/FREE/160729979/long-term-care-insurance-market-sees-rapid-decline Discussion #2 Does learning about the concept of stare decisis change your view of the political debate surrounding abortion? Given what you now know about the concept, was there ever a chance the landmark decision Roe v Wade could have been overturned? Given Justice Blackmuns trimester analysis, at one point will the state have a compelling interest to limit abortion? Reading/Viewing Earl M. Maltz, Abortion, Precedent, and the Constitution: A Comment on Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 68 Notre Dame L. Rev. 11 (1992). Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndlr/vol68/iss1/3 Yale Law Journal, Before and After Roe v Wade: New Questions About Backlash (2011) Greenhouse, L. Siegal, R. 120 Yale L.J. 2028. Discussion #3 Please read the key findings of the report An Opportunity to Innovate: The Aging of Eastern Queens and Nassau County. Of the ten (10) key findings listed, which finding is of most interest to you from your perspective? Why? Reading/Viewing An Opportunity to Innovate: The Aging of Eastern Queens and Nassau County (NOTE: Your Professor was a co-author on this qualitative study) Medicaid Institute at United Hospital Fund: New Yorks Nursing Homes: Shifting Roles and New Challenges (Thomas H. Dennisen) New York Times, Nursing Home Residents Gain New Protections found at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/health/nursing-home-regulations.html?mcubz=0 Discussion #4 Please discuss any aspect of the law of private insurance you feel comfortable with on the Discussion Board. Reading/Viewing The Regulation of Private Health Insurance, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report (January 2009) When and How Provider competition can improve health care delivery (McKinsey & Company, 2010) found at https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/when-and-how-provider-competition-can-improve-health-care-delivery Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care, Kenneth Arrow (1963) Discussion #5 Please use this week to discuss your rights as a health insurance consumer in New York. Do you have enough rights or do you think citizens need more rights to ensure the insurance they purchase, whether through their employer or on the private market, serves their needs? Additional Reading Your Rights as a Health Insurance Consumer — https://www.dfs.ny.gov/insurance/hrights.htm The Managed Care Bill of Rights — https://www.health.state.ny.us/health_care/managed_care/billofrights/bill.htm Discussion #6 During the first few weeks of class we read Berwick and Hackbarths influential article Eliminating Fraud Waste and Abuse in US Healthcare. Based on what youve learned this week in class, what areas of fraud, waste or abuse would you focus on if you were a government regulator (at either the State or Federal level). What are some ways the US Health Care System could ensure it was not subject to such abuse? Reading/Viewing Please read Congressional Research Services Health Care Fraud and Abuse Laws Affecting Medicare and Medicaid: An Overview, Jennifer A. Staman (September 8, 2014)
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