KaiserEDU.org’s invites undergraduate and graduate students to write a 1,500-word essay on health plan recommendations. Deadline for submission is March 30, 2007. The essays will be judged on originality, expression of ideas, strength of argument, and clarity, and winners, who will win $1,000, will be notified by May 1, 2007.

The essay should be from the perspective of a person who has just accepted a job as a senior advisor to a presidential candidate (does not have to be an actual candidate) for the 2008 election. The first task is to prepare a memo for the candidate outlining your recommendation for the candidate's health plan. The memo should discuss what the centerpiece of the candidate's health plan should be, why this issue is important to the voters, the potential challenges that the candidate may face in promoting the plan, and how it would be communicated to the public. The candidate can have any political affiliation.

Entries must be submitted by email to EssayContest2007@KFF.org, with two Microsoft Word document attachments only: Entry Form and essay.  For more information about Rules and Requirements visit http://cme.kff.org/Key=12108.HpY.C.C.KlkLvR