Assignment: Agenda Comparison Grids

Assignment: Agenda Comparison Grids

Organ transplantation is one of the great advances in modern medicine. Organ donation involves surgical removal of an organ or tissue from one person (donor) and inserting it into another person (recipient) (UNOS, 2020). The cost of organ transplant makes it a population health problem of concern. Much support is required in America to help recipients achieve their health desires. In the United States, approximately 21 people die waiting for organ transplants. The current administration, as well as the previous ones, have put certain measures in place to address this issue. This paper is a critique of a comparison grid that compares the efforts of Donald Trump, Obama, and Bush administrations regarding organ donation.

Summary

The author focused on organ donation as the population health concern of choice. A comparison grid of agendas put forward by the current administration (Donald Trump’s administration), President Barack Obama administration, and President George. W. Bush administration was provided. The author began by describing organ donation and how it turns out as a population health concern. This comparison grid is meant to provide a vivid picture of how the three administrations have struggled to improve American healthcare. Additionally, the paper addressed the three administration in terms of financial allocations, their agendas, and their approach towards organ donation. All three administrations have some good measures in place to address organ translation. The presidents have worked with the department of health and human services to address this issue. The paper looks good but a critique of it would tell to which extent.

Critique

To begin with, the author is right by stating that organ donation is a population health problem, especially with the emergence of new diseases affecting one or more organs (Jay, Dean, Helmick, & Stegall, 2016). Therefore, the author has discussed a very important aspect of populating health and ascertaining how the three administrations have tried to improve the healthcare system and organ transplantation. The author was very fair in the comparison process, the tone used in the paper indicates no bias. Every little effort made by each of the three administration have been put into consideration and appreciated (Trump, 2019). For instance, the author appreciates Donald Trump’s effort of signing an executive order that would improve organ donation. Also, even though president trump administration has not allocated funds towards organ donation, it is working closely with the department of health and human services and the center for Medicaid and Medicare services to improve OPO regulations and other benefits (Ahmad & Iftikhar, 2016).

One aspect of the paper that is subject to revision is that the author gives a lot of focus to donors than recipients. The presented efforts for each administration mostly aim at improving the donor’s experience. For example, the executive order signed by Trump aims at increasing reimbursement to organ donors.  Also, the organ donation and recovery act of Bush’s administration aimed at awarding grants to potential living organ donors to cover costs related towards, housing, food, and others (Kingdon, 2001). There is a possibility that the three administrations have put in place measures that could favor both the donor and the recipients financially. In a nutshell, the author does not tell what the administrations have done to reduce the financial burden on organ recipients.

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work on an Agenda Comparison Grid to compare the impact of the current/sitting U.S. president and the two previous presidents’ agendas on the healthcare item you selected for study. In this Discussion, you will share your first draft with your colleagues to receive feedback to be applied to your final version. APA citation and reference

• Review the Resources and reflect on the importance of agenda setting.
• Consider how federal agendas promote healthcare issues and how these healthcare issues become agenda priorities.
• Review Part 1 of the Module 1 Assignment and complete the requirements for this Discussion.

he Assignment: (1- to 2-page Comparison Grid, 1-Page Analysis, and 1-page Fact Sheet)

Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid

Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

• Chapter 1, “Informing Public Policy: An Important Role for Registered Nurses” (pp. 11–13 only)
• Chapter 2, “Agenda Setting: What Rises to a Policymaker’s Attention?” (pp. 17–36)
• Chapter 10, “Overview: The Economics and Finance of Health Care” (pp. 171–180)
• Chapter 12, “An Insider’s Guide to Engaging in Policy Activities”
  • “Creating a Fact Sheet” (pp. 217-221)
• Every individual, regardless of political affiliation, has a stake in healthcare policy decisions. 
  As a result, it’s no surprise that healthcare issues have become such high-profile themes on presidential agendas. 
  It’s also no surprise that they’ve become such contentious agenda subjects.
  ORDER A PLAGIARISM-FREE, CUSTOM-WRITTEN PAPER HERE.
  Part 1 of this module’s Assignment required you to start working on an Agenda Comparison Grid to evaluate the influence of the current/sitting U.S. president’s agenda with the agendas of the two former presidents on the healthcare topic you choose to research. 
  You will share your initial draft with your colleagues in this NURS 6050 Agenda Comparison Grid Template Discussion to gather input that will be applied to your final version.
  How to Get Ready:
  Examine the resources and consider how important it is to develop an agenda.
  Consider how government agendas promote healthcare issues and how these issues become priorities on the federal agenda.
  Complete the criteria for this NURS 6050 Agenda Comparison Grid Template Discussion by reviewing Part 1 of the Module 1 Assignment.
  Template for an Agenda Comparison Grid as well as a Fact Sheet or Talking Points 
  Part