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So this assignment is opinion essays, it’s one big assignment with 3 subtopics. Each subtopic should be about 3 pages long for a total of 9 pages for the assignment. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Your final assignment is to write three opinion articles in a similar style as the weekly readings you have been assigned throughout the semester from newpapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Economist, etc. The three topics for each of your opinion articles are provided below, along with suggestions for issues you should address when writing your article.

A few notes on your articles:

• The maximum length of eacharticle is 4 pages, double-spaced and using 12 point font. Each article can be shorter than this, but make sure you have written enough to make your opinion clear and convincing.
• Write a headline for your article that makes your opinion on the topic clear.
• Please include a good introductory paragraph and a conclusion. Your argument and evidence to support your opinion is what should make up the middle part of your paper.

Please upload a separate word document for each of your essays on Blackboard. The deadline for all three essays is Tuesday, May 19th at 4:15pm, but I strongly encourage you to submit each essay as soon as it is ready.

 essay topic #1

What is your opinion of involving the government in the provision of healthcare by running hospitals, hiring doctors, paying for health care through taxation, etc. in terms of equity and the quality of care? Try to convince your audience that government involvement is or is not a good idea. Compare how government involvement affects equity and the quality of care in the three models of health policy we have talked about in class: the Bismark, Beveridge, and American models. Discuss the role of competition in the delivery of high-quality healthcare and if government involvement affects that relationship. What is your opinion of having parallel public and private health care systems, where patients who are unhappy with the service they receive in the government-run system can pay for the private system instead?

 essay topic #2

In the US, public insurers such as Medicare are forbidden by law from applying cost-effectiveness analyses in deciding whether to cover new health technologies, no matter how expensive. In contrast, in Beveridge countries, centralized cost-effectiveness analysis is required before the public health care system will cover expensive new technologies. What is your opinion about allowing the government to use cost-effectiveness analysis when deciding which treatments to cover through publically provided plans? Try to convince your audience that using cost-effectiveness analyses in public insurance programs is or is not a good idea. What economic problem does using cost-effectiveness analysis try to address? What are the downsides? Be specific about the social costs associated with covering a new technology in a health care system that uses a cost-effectiveness, as well as the social cost associated with not covering a new technology in such a system.

 essay topic #3

What is your opinion of the government providing incentives or penalties for engaging in activities that have either positive or negative health externalities? Give two examples of externalities in the health care system (preferably different than the ones we discussed in class) and discuss how the government could get involved to change the outcome in those two markets. Describe what the government would do to change the outcomes in both cases. Try to convince your audience that having the government get involved in these externalities is or is not a good idea. What are the pros and cons of the government getting involved? Be specific about the costs and benefits an individual considers when the government is not involved versus the costs and benefits an individual considers when the government is involved.