Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) PaperEach student will complete an 800-1000 word (not including title and references pages) individual paper relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the current policy controversies surrounding the healthcare system in the United States, including the recent removal of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate included in the Tax Bill of 2017.The charge is to focus on four major themes: 1) impact on nursing, 2) impact on uninsured individuals, 3) impact on insured individuals, and 4) impact on health care economics at the local and national levels. Students are expected to apply concepts and analytical understanding gained in course readings and videos to address these topics.*No more than 15% of your paper should be found from online/other sources according to Turnitin’s plagiarism report.Pay attention to the Similarity Score generated!A minimum of five references should be used no older than 2013.Two of these sources should be from a peer-reviewed article.This document must be placed in your portfolio after graded and corrected according to the professor’s suggestions.Rubric for PPACA PaperCriteriaPoor(0 – 79%s)Adequate(80% – 89%)Good(90% – 100%)Points earned/possibleIntroduction:Relevant introduction that synthesizes the focus of the paper (PPACA and themes)Omits or fails to provide an introduction to the PPACAIntroduction is present, but does not fully synthesize an adequate introduction to the PPACA and paperIntroduces the paper, synthesizing the focus of the topic (PPACA and themes) in an above satisfactory manner___/50Discusses the relevance/impact of the PPACA to nursingOmits or fails to address the relevance/impact on this subjectProvides some relevance/impact to nursingProvides an above satisfactory relevance/impact to nursing___/25Discusses the relevance/impact of the PPACA on the uninsuredOmits or fails to address the relevance/impact on this subjectProvides some relevance/impact on the uninsuredProvides an above satisfactory relevance/impact on the uninsured___/25Discusses the relevance/impact of the PPACA on the insuredOmits or fails to address the relevance/impact on this subjectProvides some relevance/impact on the insuredProvides an above satisfactory relevance/impact on the insured___/25Discusses the relevance of the PPACA to health care economics at local and national levelsOmits or fails to address the relevance/impact to health care economics at local and national levelsProvides some relevance/impact to health care economics at local and national levelsProvides an above satisfactory relevance/impact to health care economics at local and national levels___/25ConclusionOmits and/or fails to provide conclusion to paperOmits and/or fails to summarize key pointsProvides conclusion, but has difficulty summarizing key pointsProvides above satisfactory conclusion to the paper, addressing key points fully.___/50Grammar and syntaxGrammar and syntax with significant errorsSome errors in grammar and syntax are notedGrammar and syntax without errors___/25APA format (title page, headings, citations, reference(s) page, etc.)Omits significant portions and/or fails to follow APA formatUses elements of APA format, but many errors notedUses appropriate APA format consistently and accurately throughout paper___/50Comments:Total_____/275Discussion: Writing a Patient ProtectionYou must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker
failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
