1. Analyze the HealthCare.gov rollout process in terms of its political rationality and technical rationality

from the case analysis "Managing the Rollout of Healthcare.gov" in Chapter 6 of Hill & Lynn Jr (pp. 217-224).

2. Consider each of the counterfactual situations posed. Assume that all other aspects are held constant except for the alternative specified:

a. What, if any, case details would you expect to change due to the alternative condition?

b. Do you expect the outcome would have changed? Based on your analysis, to what extent was the alternative factor a causal mechanism in producing the outcome that occurred?

3. Consider the make-or-buy question in the context of HealthCare.gov. Should the design, rollout, and implementation of HealthCare.gov have been contracted out or kept in-house? Use these frameworks described in the chapter to analyze this question:

a. Inherently governmental activities

b. Complete/incomplete contracts

c. Principal-agent

d. Transaction costs

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