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2012 Essay Contest Topic

Different elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have broad reaching implications for many sectors of the health system, including insurance coverage, public programs, costs, quality of care, technology, public health, and health care workforce.

  • Describe an element of the ACA that you feel will have a major impact on either health or health care (positive or negative).
  • Explain why you think it is important and then discuss the major challenges in its implementation as well as its likely
    impact once it is put into practice.

Your essay must not exceed 1,000 words.

Prizes:

Prizes will be awarded to the top undergraduate and graduate student entries.

First Prize:  $1500 and an iPad 2

Second Prize:  $750

Undergraduate and graduate students will be judged separately.  In addition to the monetary prizes, the winning essays will be posted on kaiserEDU.org and announced via email to subscribers of the website. The winning students' schools will also be notified.

Contest Rules*:

           

-  DEADLINE: All essays must be submitted online by Monday, March 12, 2012, 5 p.m. EST.  
-  Submissions must be from students enrolled in a degree-granting program at a university or college at the time
   of submission.  Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible.
-  Entries must be in English, at least 11 pt font, and double-spaced.
-  Essays must not exceed 1,000 words.
-  Number each page of essay.
-  References should be cited as endnotes.
-  Document should be written in Microsoft Word, Text or PDF.
-  Do NOT put your name on your document.  You will be prompted to enter your name on the registration form
   once you click the SUBMIT ESSAY button.
-  Document must be formatted before submitting online. Once you submit your essay, you will not be able to edit.
-  Essays submitted for consideration must be original work and must be prepared by one author only.
-  Only ONE submission per person.
-  Entrants will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours of submission

*Failure to follow any of these rules may lead to disqualification from the contest.

Review and Evaluation:

Submissions from undergraduates and graduates were judged separately. The finalists were selected by a panel of national health policy experts including Sheila Burke from Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Andrew Bindman of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine;  Julie Rovner of NPR; Diane Rowland and Drew Altman of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

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