Health state strategies
State Strategies (20% of grade)
The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize students with health reform strategies adopted by states. Students will select a state health policy reform innovation and describe the rationale, how it was adopted (e.g., federal waivers, passage by state legislature), the funding structure, and (to the extent statistical data are available) its impact. Students should summarize their findings in a 1-2 page, single-spaced memo. Sample memo attached. A memo is required, see attached sample.
A few examples of state innovations include Vermont’s single payer system, Massachusetts’ health reforms and Kentucky’s Medicaid healthcare program (none of these can be used).
Writing Assignment Rubric
| A (20) | B (17) | C (15) | D/F (13) | Score | |
| Focus: Purpose | Purpose is clear | Shows awareness of purpose | Shows limited awareness of purpose | No awareness | |
| Main idea | Clearly presents a main idea and supports it throughout the paper. | There is a main idea supported throughout most of the paper. | Vague sense of a main idea, weakly supported throughout the paper. | No main idea | |
| Organization: Overall | Well-planned and well-thought out. Includes title, introduction, statement of main idea, transitions and conclusion. | Good overall organization, includes the main organizational tools. | There is a sense of organization, although some of the organizational tools are used weakly or missing | No sense of organization | |
| Content | Exceptionally well-presented and argued; ideas are detailed, well-developed, supported with specific evidence & facts, as well as examples and specific details. | Well-presented and argued; ideas are detailed, developed and supported with evidence and details, mostly specific. | Content is sound and solid; ideas are present but not particularly developed or supported; some evidence, but usually of a generalized nature. | Content is not sound | |
| Research (if assignment includes a research component) | Sources are exceptionally well-integrated and they support claims argued in the paper very effectively. Quotations and Works Cited conform to MLA style sheet. | Sources are well integrated and support the paper’s claims. There may be occasional errors, but the sources and Works Cited conform to MLA style sheet. | Sources support some claims made in the paper, but might not be integrated well within the paper’s argument. There may be a few errors in MLA style.. | The paper does not use adequate research or if it does, the sources are not integrated well. They are not cited correctly according to MLA style, nor listed correctly on the Works Cited page. | |
| A (5) | B (3) | C (2) | D (1) | Score | |
| Grammar & Mechanics | Excellent grammar, spelling, syntax and punctuation. | A few errors in grammar, spelling, syntax and punctuation, but not many. | Shows a pattern of errors in spelling, grammar, syntax and/or punctuation. Could also be a sign of lack of proof-reading. | Continuous errors | |
| APA Guidelines | Uses APA guidelines accurately and consistently to cite sources and formatting | Uses APA guidelines with minor violations to cite sources and formatting | Reflects incomplete knowledge of APA guidelines | Does not use APA guidelines. | |
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