Assignment: Historical Perspective Assignment- Medicare and Medicaid

Imagine you are employed by the local government and you have been assigned to work with a team to educate the health care consumers in your community about Medicare or Medicaid. You and your team have been tasked with creating a multimedia tool that will be made available at any local government office with this information.

Choose from the following:

• Presentation
• Brochure
• Video/documentary
• Another medium approved by your instructor

Address these points in your assignment:

• Discuss the health and societal issues that had an impact on the development of the Medicare/Medicaid health care policy.
• What was the objective to be accomplished in forming a policy of Medicare/Medicaid?
• Identify the various stakeholders involved in the creation of this policy.
• Focus on a level of government (federal, state, or local) and the role and function it had in the process of implementing the policy.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.