Current Events > 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time

(+) Yeah! (+)

never had to do something like this for a job before

the topic is medicaid expansion for a group known as the protect medicaid coalition

30 minutes max, including time for audience questions

very little direction, the two basic ones being 1) discuss the AHCA and what might happen with it on the federal level and 2) how we should advocate to maintain medicaid expansion going forward at a state level

im pretty nervous

the main problem is I have lots of other school work and work-work to do so it kinda sucks that I only have a week to prepare
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good luck
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Asherlee10 posted...

I've had to present a few times for interviews. It is a little scary, but I'm willing to bet you have some presentation practice from schooling, right?

They likely want to see a few things:

1. How well are you at engaging a room of people
2. Can you create content that flows
3. Creativity

If you REALLY want to wow them, when you finish with the content of the presentation, send it to a PPT expert on a freelancing site, like Upwork, and get someone to jazz it up for about $30.

thats probably a good idea actually

I know it's down to me and one other candidate, at least.

E32005 posted...

good luck

brother, I need it
I am not so good at public speaking :/
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Balrog0 posted...

I am not so good at public speaking :/

ive found that time goes by very quickly and you usually run out of time before you are finished.
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I don't know medicaid that well lololol

It's gonna be a long, shitty week
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happy bday balrog
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Asherlee10 posted...

Balrog0 posted...

I don't know medicaid that well lololol

It's gonna be a long, shitty week

more like thank god for this public health policy class I'm currently in

we had people from the state's health policy center come and present some stuff on medicaid changes that are coming to Arkansas

pretty lucky coincidence
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im gonna keep bumping this topic despite the obvious disinterest

so far my plan is to go over how the ACA changed health insurance in arkansas (sharp decrease in uninsured population, over 300,000 newly eligible enrollees, decreased amounts of uncompensated care). I'll talk about how there are costs to Arkansas, but they are fairly reasonable (a little less than $500 million total for all the years between 2014 - 2020), and the state will save money primarily by reducing their payments to public hospitals and community mental health centers for otherwise uncompensated care (these savings would total approximately 900m over the same time span). In return, we would receive $16 billion for medicaid expansion, which stimulates economic growth -- Arkansas will get about $200m in additional tax revenue due to medicaid expansion, which also helps offset the upfront costs.

because Arkansas is an early adopter state, the AHCA would not remove these newly eligible people from medicaid rolls; but the FMAP would increase to 20% cost-sharing for the state instead of 10%, meaning the costs for expansion would double to about $1b in state revenue. After 2020, the enhanced cost-sharing would end entirely, meaning Arkansas would need to pick up 50% (well, probably really more like 30-40%) of the costs of the expansion population.

In terms of the individual marketplace, the AHCA's change of tax credits from being income based to being fixed but based on age has the effect of reducing assistance to the lowest two quintiles (those makes less than 33k a year) but vastly increasing assistance for the top two quintiles (those making more than 50k a year). It would also remove the cost-sharing limitations/subsidies present in the ACA - currently, the ACA requires insurers to increase the actuarial value of their plans based on income, such that the poor are required to share less of the out of pocket costs of medical care and limiting their deductibles. Removing this regulation will cause insurers to shift costs back to beneficiaries in the form of higher deductibles and out of pocket expenses.

The combination of smaller tax credits and higher costs will cause people to exit the market, especially since the AHCA also removes the individual mandate penalty.

i realize now that i need to talk more about the private option and how it differs from traditional medicaid

ugh
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i really should be working on this instead of listening to music and browsing ce
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I should be working on this instead of playing overwatch
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i should be working on this instead of waiting for the new overwatch event
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Asherlee10 posted...

Are you working on it now?

I should be, instead of arguing on CE

naw I've only posted itt when im being bad, things are coming along pretty okay
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aint a government employee unless youre not working! :P
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Im not even allowed to go to gamefaqs at my gubmint job :/
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Balrog0 posted...

instead of watching porn with women who have anus tattoos

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you got this man!
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I am almost done with this

I think I'm gonna aim to talk for about 20 minutes and leave 10 minutes or so for questions

Old NoiseTank posted...

you got this man!

thanks buddy
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sounds like way too much effort for a job interview. Tell 'em to fuck off or pay you for the work you do for them.
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gl brogo
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- try to keep it at about10 slides maximum
- find pictures you can talk about on each slide that relate to the material
- include 3-4 bullet points per slide
- DONT JUST READ THE PRESENTATION -- THAT IS BORING
- ask lots of questions to the audience about your presentation
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I've never had to do this but I sure watch a lot of presentations at work. I'm always impressed by the people that have everything memorized and barely have to look at the screen.
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I think I'm done with the presentation material itself

I've done a couple practice runs by myself but I'm gonna run it by my gf a couple of times tonight too
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I've clocked in around 20-22 minutes every time I've done it so far

I think that's good

I am ready
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Balrog0 posted...

I've clocked in around 20-22 minutes every time I've done it so far

I think that's good

I am ready

Good luck man. Like someone else said, only piece of advice is don't just read the slides.
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what kinda job is it for?
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The position title is "health care policy fellow"

It's a grant funded position at a nonprofit, so it's only guaranteed for one year.

I kind of like that, though.
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I know my tie is crooked but this is the nicest I have looked in my entire life so I think itll be ok
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I'd tell you shave normally but you look like you'd be really young without it.
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foreveraIone posted...

I'd tell you shave normally but you look like you'd be really young without it.

yeah I got a fat face
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I think I nailed it guys and gals

Will know for sure Monday
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