Healthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis TemplateHealthcare Program/Policy Evaluation Analysis TemplateAssessing a Healthcare Program /Policy EvaluationStudent’s NameInstitutional AffiliationAssessing a Healthcare Program/Policy EvaluationHealthcare Program/Policy EvaluationMEDICAIDDescriptionIt is a combined state and federal healthcare program that provides low-cost and free health coverage to most Americans, including low income individuals, children and families, the elderly, pregnant females, and those with disabilities (Shiramizu, et al., 2016). It serves over 40 million individuals who are less privileged and require health care services to attain healthy development and growth goals or meet special healthcare needs. How was the success of the program or policy measured?The success of Medicaid healthcare program was measured by taking a closer look at all the activities and steps in implementation program and the outputs they yielded. If the program did not attain its intended results, it would be determined if it was the wrong approach or it if was a firm program that was not implemented in the right way. The success of the program was also measured by using baseline measures where some subset of the process needed to be gathered from the very beginning. This determined