OUTLINE OF THE THESIS: How Government Policy Contributes to Social Inequality: How the introduction of employer-sponsored health insurance contributes to inequality particularly in the workforce
Specific Purpose(s):
I. Introduction (must be brief and concise)
A. Introductory sentence
B. Thesis statement
II. Topic 1 – The government policy initiatives of the past 25 years affects the economic and racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care
A. Discuss how people acquire health insurance
B. Discuss how the health care system in the country functions
C. Discuss the benefits and downsides of the health care system
D. Analyze how the health care system exacerbates health inequality
E. Explain the consequences of health inequality
F. Identify different government policies on health and health care provisions in context of history
G. Review and analyze each policy and note specific sections that contribute to economic and racial/ethnic disparities
H. Discuss each section and explain the reasons why they could possibly contribute to social inequality
I. Discuss implications for policy-makers and for social workers
III. Topic 2 – How the economic benefits of health-related expenditures are distributed among individuals by income, race/ethnicity and family structure/composition, and how the distribution has change over time
A. Discuss the distribution of tax subsidies for health
B. Discuss the general economic benefits of health-related expenditures
C. Discuss conceptual and measurement issues
D. Discuss how health-related expenditures are distributed by income
E. Discuss how health-related expenditures are distributed by race/ethnicity
F. Discuss how health-related expenditures are distributed by family structure/composition
G. Analyze the general implications of the distribution and discuss specific implications of the distribution of health-related expenditures by income, race/ethnicity and family structure/composition
H. Discuss the trends/patterns in the distribution of tax subsidies for health-related spending
I. Analyze each identified trend/pattern and draw implications of social inequality from the analyses
IV. Topic 3 – How the current system of employer-sponsored health insurance contributes to inequality
A. Explain the current system of employer-sponsored health insurance
1. Coverage
1.1 Sponsorship
1.2 Eligibility
1.3 Participation
2. Employer’s Liability
3. Trends in Cost and Access
3.1 Factors that affect the trends
3.1.1 Premium contributions
3.1.2 Wage Levels
3.1.3 Firm Size
4. Legal and Advocacy
4.1 Right protection under employer-sponsored health insurance
4.1.1 Accountability
4.1.2 Information
4.1.3 Claims procedures and appeals
4.1.4 Other protections
4.1.5 COBRA
4.2 ERISA
B. Discuss the cost of health care benefits and discuss the payroll dollar breakdown
C. Discuss tax treatment of both employer and employee contribution
D. Analyze and discuss implications of this in workplace inequality
1. Income
2. Gender
3. Skills
4. Job security
5. Job satisfaction
6. Quality of Life
V. Topic 4 – How different approaches to health care reform and the expansion of health insurance coverage are likely to affect social inequality
A. Discuss the nature of health care reform and the expansion of health insurance coverage
B. Discuss on-going debates regarding health care reforms
1. Coverage expansion
2. Income redistribution
3. Social health care programs
4. Achieving equity in health
C. Discuss why these health care system reforms will prove to be insufficient in the long run
D. Discuss the implications of such reforms to poverty, discrimination and unemployment and social inequality in general
THESIS WRITING PLAN: How Government Policy Contributes to Social Inequality: How the introduction of employer-sponsored health insurance contributes to inequality particularly in the workforce
Pre-Thesis Writing Stage
Prepare a Proposal
- Read other proposals
Guide Questions:
ü How was other proposals been organized?
ü What are the headings that have been used?
ü Does the other proposal seem clear?
ü Does it seem to suggest that the writer knows the subject area?
ü Can I model my proposal after the ones that I’ve seen?
- Prepare a Comprehensive Review of the Literature
- Photocopy relevant articles or sections (and the bibliographic citation)
ü Categorized
- Include the first three chapters of your thesis
ü Chapter 1 – Statement of the Problem/Background Information
ü Chapter 2 – Review of the Literature
ü Chapter 3 – Research Methodology
- Focus your research very specifically
ü Narrow down your topic
- Include the title on the proposal
- Organize your proposal around a set of research questions
ü General Question – How does government policy contributes to social inequality?
ü Specific Question – How does the introduction of employer sponsored health insurance contributes to inequality particularly in the workplace?
- Other consideration in designing the research proposal
ü Design the research so the subjects benefit
ü Choose the research methodology wisely
Ø Research philosophy
Ø Research approaches
Ø Research Strategies
Ø Time Horizons (Standard Research Timescale or Gantt Chart)
Ø Data Collection Methods
Ø Data Analysis
Ø Limitations of the Research
ü Consider triangulation or multimethod
ü Seek the use of an advisory committee
During Thesis Writing Stage
Write the Thesis
- Begin to write the sections you are most comfortable with
- Rewrite the proposal into dissertation/thesis sections
- Use real names/places in early drafts
- Print each draft on a different colored paper
- Use hand writings of graphics/tables for early drafts
- Make your writing clear and unambiguous
- Review other dissertations before you begin to write
- Introduce tables in the text, present the table and then describe it
- Use similar or parallel wording whenever possible
- Let the Table of Contents help to improve the manuscript
- Write real conclusions and implications (don’t restate the findings)
- Make suggestions of further researches
- Write Chapter 1
Post-Thesis Writing Stage
Thesis Defense
- Attend defenses before your turn
- Discuss your research with others
- Don’t circulate chapters to committee
- Try to make the defense more of a team effort – your and your adviser
- Organize your defense as an educational presentation
- Record the defense
- Prepare an article (hand-outs) about the outcomes of your research
SUGGESTED THESIS STRUCTURE: How Government Policy Contributes to Social Inequality: How the introduction of employer-sponsored health insurance contributes to inequality particularly in the workforce
1) Copyright waiver
2) Declaration
3) Title page
4) Abstract
5) Acknowledgments
6) Table of contents
7) Introduction
8) Literature review
9) Middle chapters
i) Materials and Methods
ii) Theory
iii) Results and discussion
10) Final chapter, references and appendices
i) Conclusions and suggestions for further work
ii) References
iii) Appendices
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