For each policy (Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP), briefly: Ex

For each policy (Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP), briefly:
Explain how the policy is addressed at the federal, state, and local level.
What programs were developed from this policy?
Reflect on how the policy affects or may affect your community, geographic area, or potential clients.
Describe one strategy you would employ to help a client better understand one of the healthcare policies.
Learning Resources
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.). About the Affordable Care Act
Links to an external site. (CHIP). https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/childrens-health-insurance-program/
Links to an external site.. https://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/about-the-aca/index.html
Mandel, I. (2021). Access to health care in the U.S.
Links to an external site. Research Starters: Sociology.
Nadash, P., Miller, E., & Hefele, J. (2018). Medicare. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of lifespan human development
Links to an external site. (pp. 1369–1371). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506307633.n513
Hefele, J., Miller, E., & Nadash, P. (2018). Medicaid. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of lifespan human development
Links to an external site. (pp. 1359-1362). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506307633.n509
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (n.d.). Brief Summaries of Medicare & Medicaid
Links to an external site..
https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/MedicareProgramRatesStats/SummaryMedicareMedicaid
At this site, scroll to the “Downloads” section to download the most recent summary.
Healthcare.gov. (n.d.). The Children’s Health Insurance Program
Geographic Location/Area/Community: Houston, Texas