Final Project Proposal


Michelle Zierk
ENGL 2030
July 7, 2019


Final Project Proposal
National Healthcare

My proposed topic for the final project of this semester is national healthcare. While this is a broad topic at such, I am curious to learn more about why it is either successful or not in certain countries. I am interested in this particular topic for multiple reasons. Those reasons being, I have multiple chronic illnesses that in turn mean I am very involved in the healthcare and insurance industry as well as, our current president recently revoked ObamaCare which was our national healthcare system. Due to my illnesses and almost being 26, my interest in healthcare overall has spiked and I am shocked at the affordability or lack thereof in this country.
National healthcare spiked my interest not only for the reasons above but also because I knew very little about it. What I did know was, it is a hot button topic in our country that divides us as much as gun control and is one that is often brought up in regards to politics. For instance, I was watching the Democratic debate recently and a lot of the questions were about healthcare and what they would do.
As for what I need to know about national healthcare there is a lot. What makes it successful, what is the dividing factor, how did we develop a single payer healthcare system, what is people’s biggest problem with national healthcare, and many more. There are many more things that I need to know to fully understand national healthcare but they don’t all play into my research question.
My research question is what makes a standardized (national) healthcare system successful? My goal with this research question and paper is to understand how we as a country can better develop our national healthcare system to make it more favorable across the board. With this in mind, my intended audience is a range of people from politicians to people interested in learning more about healthcare on a national level. I think it is important that my audience doesn’t always agree with me because it keeps them on their toes and asking questions which makes sure all of my information is relevant and on topic. I think this topic is important because it is a current day issue that our country is facing especially with the upcoming elections. Whether or not you agree or support our current president, he has revoked ObamaCare that was helping hundreds of thousands of Americans.
I want to persuade politicians and the general public to rethink national healthcare because thousands of people in America are affected by the single payer healthcare system in a negative way.

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