{"id":21152,"date":"2023-05-30T21:11:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T21:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/proposed-research-question-why-is-the-united-states-alone-among-advanced-democracies-in-not-having-universal-or-single-payer-health-care\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T21:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T21:11:36","slug":"proposed-research-question-why-is-the-united-states-alone-among-advanced-democracies-in-not-having-universal-or-single-payer-health-care","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/proposed-research-question-why-is-the-united-states-alone-among-advanced-democracies-in-not-having-universal-or-single-payer-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed research question: Why is the United States alone among advanced democracies in not having universal or &#8216;single-payer&#8217; health care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\">Proposed research question: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\">Why is the United States alone among advanced democracies in not having universal or &#8216;single-payer&#8217; health care?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\">Proposed thesis: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\">The absence of universal healthcare in the United States is a combination of entities with a vested interest (pharmaceutical and insurance companies and private healthcare providers) as well as American\u2019s preference for individualism and choice.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.4em; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 5px; font-size: 1.15em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto;\">You must<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto;\">answer<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>your research question with a<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">clearly articulated thesis statement<\/strong>. Your thesis is the argument you will be supporting with empirical evidence in the body of the paper. Your thesis\/argument must be presented in your introduction, following your research question. Depending on your research question, your thesis may contain several \u201cexplanatory variables.\u201d For example, if your purpose is to explain why we do not see a more concerted and aggressive policy response to the problem of climate change, your thesis\/answer would focus on two or three key explanatory variables (i.e., key factors).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 5px; font-size: 1.15em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto;\">You must<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">support your thesis variables with empirical evidence<\/strong>. Simply put, you need to offer evidence that links your dependent variable (that which you are attempting to explain) with your independent variables (that which you are offering as an explanation). For example, what is your<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto;\">evidence<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to explain the absence of strong federal gun control policies?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 5px; font-size: 1.15em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto;\">Your paper must be<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; cursor: auto;\">5-7 pages<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in length<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(numbered), double-spaced, using a 12-point standard font. No title page is required (nor recommended), but your paper should include a title. Any charts, tables, or graphs must be presented in appendices (they will not count toward the minimum page requirement).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed research question: Why is the United States alone among advanced democracies in not having universal or &#8216;single-payer&#8217; health care? 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