Description
Please read the New York Times article “On Health and Welfare, Moral Arguments Can Outweigh Economics” which is posted on Blackboard in Content.
Use the Critical Analysis model, (Chapter 4, page 100 Box 4.3) which is useful in analyzing who is making policy decisions, who benefits, and who does not benefit. Follow the outline for the Critical Model for Social Welfare Policy Analysis and identify the following:
What is the social problem
Power Imbalance or struggle
Public reaction
Policies, public laws or administrative rules
Implementation of Social Welfare Programs
Actual Impact
Intended Impact
Public expectation
Affected population
Identify 3 different pairs of conflicting Values and Beliefs on Health Care that are expressed in the article as it relates to social welfare policy.
