The Center For American Progress: A Case Study

The New York Times printed an article by Robert Pear, which reported that on December 24, 2009, the US senate passed the first bill, which would call for major reform regarding health care in the United States (Pear). The article titled “Senate Passes Health Care Overhaul on Party-Line Vote,” discusses the fact that while this step was a major milestone in the process of providing Americans with affordable heath care, it was not the end of the road. Over the coming months and years there would be a lot of give and take between democrats and republicans to revise the bill to the point where both sides could support it. One of the major points in this reform is that the US government was now going to offer affordable plans including subsidy options which would allow more Americans affordable options which were

On February 16th, Speaker Paul Ryan, several House committee members, and Secretary Tom Price presented their outline for the plan set to replace the Affordable Care Act that would rely heavily on tax credits, yet according to The New York Times, would also drastically change the future of state Medicaid programs. According to Five Thirty Eight, Obamacare strived to expand Medicaid to all adults with incomes below 138 percent of the poverty level. This meant adding more than seventy million people to a program that already accounts for more than a quarter of all state budgets combined and half of all federal money that is routed to states. Republicans hope to cap and lower these costs by entirely changing the purpose of Medicaid, a Great Society

When dealing with health care, people have shared with him about the concerns they have with the health care system, and he has agreed that the Americans falling deep into debt with the rising healthcare costs is a problem. He was glad to be a part of the shaping and revising of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Congressman Kind has also had many legislative successes such as he partnered with Chairman Ryan to include access to Medicare data to Qualified

On March 23rd 2010 in the East Room of the White House, surrounded by Democratic leaders like former Vice President Joe Biden and then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, President Barack Obama signed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This bill, which came to be known as Obamacare, served the purpose of increasing the affordability, quality and accessibility to health care in the United States. With its wide sweeping reforms, this bill is the most important piece of healthcare legislation to be passed since Medicaid and Medicare were established 45 years prior in 1965 (Obama, 2016). Like any reform that affects the lives of Americans, the signing of The Affordable Care Act has sparked intense debate on the political spectrum about its affects both the American people and the American economy.

In this paper, the illustration of information on how managing competing agendas against the ACA has attempted to negatively misalign the whole purpose of developing a better health care reform. This paper will also explore how a major political organization has impacted the ACA, and it will also examine the source in which the issue resides, the organizational structure, the communication method in which way the department discuss issues. Furthermore, it will review the positive and negative impacts the ACA has regarding the human resources department and the budgeting process.

The movie Charlie Wilson’s War sets an example of what the role of a congress member is about. In the 1980s, Charlie Wilson was a United States congressional representative from Texas and was a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committee. Although, he has the responsibility for representing and law making his people, Charlie was a heavy alcohol drinker, womanizer, and always throwing huge galas. Charlie considers himself a liberal, but a romantic interest as well as his strongest and major conservative supporter, Houston Socialite Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the suffering Afghan people and going through, but also help defeat the Soviet Union. She encourages him to do more in helping the Afghan people,

He is very clear and passionate about how he feels each Administration handled the war on terrorism, from calling the success of the Clinton Administration to how he feels about the failures of the Bush Administrations. Through using the passion he has towards politics Clarke is able to create a timeline of events and their reactions that are appealing and interesting. The precision that he uses to navigate around the information he is forced to omit establishes a flow to his story that allows the reader to follow his story through his 30 year career. As a result of Clarke’s time spent working for the federal government and his ten-years working in the White House the credibility of his accounts of each of these Administrations has a profound contribution on political science as it provides views from not only within the government as a whole and how they handle terrorism but also how the White House handles situations and how the policies change dramatically from one President to another. Clarke’s insider view gives political scientists new opportunities to analyze politics within the White House and in Washington

The Pharmaceutical lobbyist has a very powerful impact on the outcome of Medicare Part D. They were the ones that wrote the bill and presented it to the House and ultimately, it was passed. However, the tactics that were used were extremely questionable and unethical. A Democratic Representative from Michigan stated: “I can tell you when the bill passed, there were better than 1,000 pharmaceutical lobbyists working on this” (Singer, 2007). The

One person who worked with the interest groups that were involved with the interest included John McManus, a former government worker turned lobbyist. During the time of the initial drafting of this legislation, he was put in place as one who succeeded with others in reference to the policy development and negotiations that were associated with the bill (Pierce, 2009). It is these instances where aides and government workers boast their talents after the bill has passed. The significance of the Medicare Part D passing brought about a great flight of the same workers intending on moving to health care firms or establishing their own lobbying practices as McManus did after his departure.

The proposed health care reform bill attempts to change issues of public policy and health care management for the poor and uninsured. Many leaders from the Democratic Party are actively engaging in policy-making to fix what Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California) calls a “‘dysfunctional’ health care system” (2009). Currently, the U.S. health care system denies people with pre-existing conditions from receiving care. Another problem with the system is that the health insurance that some employers offer may be so expensive that their employees cannot afford it. Any cuts in Medicaid may mean that physicians have fewer incentives to provide adequate care for the poor. These are some of the many problems that the Affordable Health Choices Act attempts to address. Fiscally conservative political and business groups oppose this measure because they believe that any changes in public policy and health care management might affect them negatively.

With the rising worries of healthcare cost and the adaption of the AFfordable Care Act (ACA), the debate of healthcare is growing across party lines. Even before senator and former Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced his bill “Medicare for All” that largely sparked the debate in the media for universal healthcare, the left has been looking for certain policy changes to aid in decreasing the amount of uninsured in the US. “Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has also said ‘next step is single payer’ when it comes to the Democrats’ health-care ambitions,” (the atlantic quote) A growing sentiment among Democratic politicians, and citizens in general, is that the government should provide insurance for everyone, and that access is healthcare is now an right.

This is an invite for BizPAC. A Political Action Committee by the Folsom Chamber of Commerce. BizPAC "claims" to represent the voice of Folsom business helping to elect candidates who “share the mission of protecting Folsom’s economy.” TRUTH is they raise thousands of dollars via OUTSIDE Folsom influences, mostly developers, using it to financially crush any challengers who run for city council in favor of the SAME INCUMBENTS, voting for the developer’s current and future projects. In 2014, while claiming to be the voice of small business, BizPAC raised and spent over $15,000 of developer-raised funds for EACH Steve Miklos, Andy Morin and Kerri Howell’s re-election campaigns. The

The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) was officially launched September 1, 2016 and runs through December 15, 2016. As employees of the Smithsonian Institution (SI), we take pride in our jobs and in the government we serve. SI’s goal this year is $460,000. Last year’s goal was $433,497, which SI exceeded by raising $451,048.

Daschle, Thomas, and Charles Robbins. The U. S. Senate. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2013.

The primary problem is each groups has their own interest and concerns. It appears that each team is struggling with the differences amongst the team. Ultimately, this will hold them back from progression. They all feel that the children are important, but not working together