HEALTH POLICY

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HEALTH POLICY A PRIMER
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• WHAT IS POLICY?
• A PLAN OR COURSE OF ACTION DESIGNED TO DEFINE
  ISSUES, INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING, AND PROMOTE
  BROAD COMMUNITY ACTION.

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• POLICY DEVELOPMENT IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH
  SOCIETY MAKES DECISIONS.
• SELECTS GOALS.
• HANDLES CONFLICTING VIEWS.
• DECIDES WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.

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• PRIVATE POLICY
• CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF ACTIONS INTENDED TO
  PURSUADE PRIVATE SECTOR DECISION-MAKERS TO
  ADDRESS A LOCAL PROBLEM.

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• PUBLIC POLICY
• IS A SET (POLICY) OF RULES THAT PEOPLE (THE
  PUBLIC) MUST ABIDE BY.
• LAWS, REGULATIONS, COURT ORDER, ETC.

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• FEDERAL LAWS
• MOST FEDERAL HEALTH POLICY IS ESTABLISHED DURING
  THE BUDGET-MAKING PROCESS WHEN APPROPRIATIONS AND
  AUTHORIZATION FOR NEW AND EXISTING PROGRAMS ARE
  DEBATED

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• STATE LAWS
• MANY STATE LAWS OF INTEREST TO COMMUNITY HEALTH
  ACTIVISTS ARE THOSE ENACTED TO PUT THE STATE IN
  COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW.

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• EXAMPLE
• MEDICAID MANAGED CARE LAWS OR LAWS WHICH CREATE A
  NEW STATE-BASED HEALTH PROGRAM.

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• MORE HEALTH ISSUES THAN YOU CAN REALLY IMAGINE.
• THE VAGARIES OF HEALTH-CARE FLEXIBLE SPENDING
  ACCOUNTS.
• HEALTH COSTS AND LONGER LIVES.

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• PHARAMACEUTICS
• MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
• MANAGED CARE AND MANAGED COMPETITION

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• THE MEDICARE SYSTEM
• HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUES
• HEALTH CARE REFORM

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• POLICY-MAKING IS NOT ALWAYS A RATIONAL AND
  ORDERLY PROCESS, IT IS A POLITICAL PROCESS.
• NEGOTIATION, CONFLICTS, COMPETITION

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• FORMS OF PUBLIC POLICY
• FOUNDATION OF ALL PUBLIC POLICY IS THE U.S.
  CONSTITUTION.
• LEGAL STATUTES, ACTS, RESOLUTIONS.

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• WHERE DOES POLICY BEGIN?

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• THE AGENDA OF THE WHITE HOUSE
• IDEAS ARE GENERALLY AS THIS HEADLINE READS
• THE PRESIDENT CALLS ON
• CONGRESS

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• http//www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health-care

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• ENSURING THAT EVERY AMERICAN CAN CHOOSE
  AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.
• EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE A HEALTH PLAN
  THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.

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• IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
• PATIENTS BILL OF RIGHTS
• PROHIBIT GENETIC DISCRIMINATION
• EFFECTIVE PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR MEDICAL RECORDS.

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• SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
• KEEP SOCIAL SECURITY FINANCIALLY SOUND SO
  CITIZENS CAN DEPEND UPON WHAT WAS PROMISED THEM
  IN THEIR RETIREMENT YEARS.

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• WHAT IS POLICY?
• A PLAN OR COURSE OF ACTION DESIGNED TO DEFINE
  ISSUES, INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING, AND PROMOTE
  BROAD COMMUNITY ACTION.

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• THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CREATING POLICY REMAIN
  THE SAME, HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE A WHOLE NEW
  GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH A DIFFERENT AGENDA WITH THE
  NEW ADMINISTRATION.

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Itll soon be Thanksgiving
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• End of Lecture for 6th Period, November 7th,
  2011
• Discussion?
• Questions?