Annotated Bibliography + Research Paper 6-7 pages

Annotated Bibliography + Research Paper 6-7 pages

Social Security and Medicare

Step 1:

Annotated Bibliography

As you begin the Annotated Bibliography assignment, briefly review the expectations for the Research Paper (Step 2).

For Step 2, identify at least 6 recent journal articles, government websites (not more than 2 website) and/or book chapters that will become the basis for the Research Paper. Sources should be from 2006 to present.

Newspapers, magazines, .com and .org websites, Wikipedia, etc. are NOT acceptable for this assignment or for the Research Paper assignment.

Provide a full APA citation AND include a 1-2 paragraph summary of each source you intend to use for the Research Paper. List your sources in alphabetical order according to the first author’s last name. If you use online databases to retrieve your articles, the online database must be cited at the end of the reference.

Step 2:

Based on the sources identified in the “Annotated Bibliography” assignment, write a 6-7 page paper (excluding title and reference pages) over Social Security and Medicare. 

The basic outline of the paper should be as follows:

Social Security:

History of the program

Current configuration of the program

Projections for the future of the program

Medicare:

History of the program

Current configuration of the program

Projections for the future of the program