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Affordable Care Act Policy Analysis Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often called Affordable Care Act (ACA) is astatute passed under the administration of President Barack Obama. Signed into law in 2010, themajor proposals of the Act came into force in 2014 (Frean, Gruber, & Sommers, 2017). The Act,which sought to increase access to healthcare […]

Influence of Interest Groups on Public Policies Policy making often goes through multiple stages before it becomes public policy.Interest groups play a significant role in shaping the final outcome of the policy. Some interestgroups seek to influence the outcome of each stage of the policy. Others, however, wait until apolicy is at evaluation stage before […]

Documentary Modes and Techniques Documentary modesModes are methods that documentaries use to convey messages. In Behind the hue thedocumentary uses reflexive mode. In this mode, the film maker is also seen by the audience. Itusually films real life things. As such, there is often no use of special effects or even editing. Ingeneral, this mode […]

Public Policy Theories Public policies go through various stages before they become official policies. Thesestages are agenda setting or building, policy formulation and adoption, implementation of policy,and policy evaluation (Pulzl & Treib, 2017). Even though it is political leaders who ultimatelymake decisions in most of these stages, the decisions that they make are usually influenced […]

Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is a short story of animagined city whose inhabitants live a life of unimaginable happiness and freedom. However,this happiness is predicated on the suffering of an unfortunate child. The child is kept in dirt andmisery in a basement. When inhabitants of Omelas come of age, […]

Nurse Practitioner in Alabama Level of independenceThere is no single scope of practice for nurse practitioners in the USA. Each stateregulates that level of independence of nurses. Alabama is a reduced practice state. Nursepractitioners cannot conduct many procedures or take various actions without the collaborationof a physician (Scope of Practice Policy, 2020). Thus, nurse practitioners […]

Impact of Interest Rates on Florida’s Economy Interest rates have a major impact on economies. Generally, the Federal Reserve raisesinterest rates when inflation rises beyond a targeted figure and lowers the rates when inflationdrops (Johnson, 2017). Interest rates are usually effective in controlling inflation because of theirability to influence various economic measures and behaviors, such […]

Role of Monetary Policy on the Economy Monetary policy includes all actions taken by the central bank to manage supply ofmoney in an economy. The Federal Reserve is the institution in charge of monetary policy in theUSA. It uses interest rates variations, control of the amount of government bonds that are held bybanks, and bank […]

Which type(s) of threats is (are) the most dangerous? How dangerous does de Beckerview bomb threats and threats to public officials? Why is knowing the context the key topredicting which threats are dangerous?According to Becker, there are really no dangerous threats. This is because it is rare forthreats to be made and then to be […]

Abstract Creating high performing teams is the goal of most managers. However, few managerssucceed at creating such teams. This paper examines the difficulties that managers encounterwhen trying to create such teams. The paper found that most of these difficulties are a result ofpoor management practices and various characteristics of team members that do not supportcreation […]

Role of Parenting on Child Development A child’s development is largely influenced by their relationship and interaction withtheir parents. Various theories have been put forth to explain how parenting affects a child’sdevelopment. The two theories that best explain this relationship are patenting styles andbehaviorism.Parenting styles include all the ways in which parents interact with their […]

Technology Use and Children Development Young children are increasingly using technology devices such as desktops, laptops,tablets, and smartphones. The usage of these devices at such a young age has sparked debateabout whether the use is appropriate or not. In my view, the use of these technology devicesby children should be discouraged.One of the reasons why […]