Health Care Reform

Interview one of your elected officials. This can be a city councilperson, mayor, state representative, state senator, U.S. representative, senator or any other elected official. Interviewing a staff person is not acceptable. Prior to the interview, determine if there are any healthcare-related bills being considered with which this person is involved. Be prepared to offer your services to testify in the committee if it is an area in which you are an expert. You need to conduct this interview even if the person you select to interview is not involved in any health care legislation, as may be the case with a city councilperson. Determine his/her view on health care reform, what he/she thinks could/should be done to bring down the cost of health care and increase access and equity. Does your clinical practice issue fit with any bills or policy with which this elected official is involved? If he/she is interested in your issue, can you begin to think about staying involved with this issue even after this class has ended? Finally, reflect on your own thoughts and feelings about the experience. Suggested format for writing up your Field Report Introduction: Who, what, when, where and why. The Why is your rationale for selecting this person to interview? It might be because he/she was available or because he/she is on a certain committee or is your own representative. Interview: paraphrase as opposed to Q&A in quotes Reflection: What did you think about the interview and the person you interviewed? What did you feel about the interview?  These are two different questions. Remember that feelings are emotions and thoughts are opinions, ideas, etc. Always refer to an elected official by his/her title in the report even if you are encouraged to use first names in the interview. Summary and Conclusion Summarize the interview and draw conclusions about both the views of the person you interviewed and your own views about this assignment. References If you used references then they must be listed here in APA format but references are not required for this assignment.