HEALTH POLICY – A PRIMER
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HEALTH POLICY – A PRIMER
WHAT IS POLICY?
A PLAN OR COURSE OF ACTION
DESIGNED TO DEFINE ISSUES,
INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING, AND
PROMOTE BROAD COMMUNITY
ACTION.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT IS THE
PROCESS BY WHICH SOCIETY
MAKES DECISIONS.
SELECTS GOALS.
HANDLES CONFLICTING VIEWS.
DECIDES WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.
PRIVATE POLICY
CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF
ACTIONS INTENDED TO PURSUADE
PRIVATE SECTOR DECISIONMAKERS TO ADDRESS A LOCAL
PROBLEM.
PUBLIC POLICY
IS A SET (POLICY) OF RULES THAT
PEOPLE (THE PUBLIC) MUST ABIDE
BY.
LAWS, REGULATIONS, COURT
ORDER, ETC.
FEDERAL LAWS
MOST FEDERAL HEALTH POLICY IS
ESTABLISHED DURING THE
BUDGET-MAKING PROCESS WHEN
APPROPRIATIONS AND
AUTHORIZATION FOR NEW AND
EXISTING PROGRAMS ARE
DEBATED
STATE LAWS
MANY STATE LAWS OF INTEREST
TO COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTIVISTS
ARE THOSE ENACTED TO PUT THE
STATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
FEDERAL LAW.
EXAMPLE
MEDICAID MANAGED CARE LAWS
OR LAWS WHICH CREATE A NEW
STATE-BASED HEALTH PROGRAM.
MORE HEALTH ISSUES THAN YOU
CAN REALLY IMAGINE….
THE VAGARIES OF HEALTH-CARE
FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS.
HEALTH COSTS AND LONGER
LIVES.
PHARAMACEUTICS
MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
MANAGED CARE AND MANAGED
COMPETITION
THE MEDICARE SYSTEM
HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUES
HEALTH CARE REFORM
POLICY-MAKING IS NOT ALWAYS A
RATIONAL AND ORDERLY
PROCESS, IT IS A POLITICAL
PROCESS.
NEGOTIATION, CONFLICTS,
COMPETITION
FORMS OF PUBLIC POLICY
FOUNDATION OF ALL PUBLIC
POLICY IS THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
LEGAL STATUTES, ACTS,
RESOLUTIONS.
WHERE DOES POLICY BEGIN?
THE AGENDA OF THE WHITE
HOUSE
IDEAS ARE GENERALLY AS THIS
HEADLINE READS…
“THE PRESIDENT CALLS ON
CONGRESS……”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/he
alth-care
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.
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HEALTH
CARE
PATIENTS’ BILL OF RIGHTS
PROHIBIT GENETIC DISCRIMINATION
EFFECTIVE PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR
MEDICAL RECORDS.
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
KEEP SOCIAL SECURITY
FINANCIALLY SOUND SO CITIZENS
CAN DEPEND UPON WHAT WAS
PROMISED THEM IN THEIR
RETIREMENT YEARS.
WHAT IS POLICY?
A PLAN OR COURSE OF ACTION
DESIGNED TO DEFINE ISSUES,
INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING, AND
PROMOTE BROAD COMMUNITY
ACTION.
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.
It’ll soon be Thanksgiving…
End of Lecture for 6th Period,
November 7th, 2011
Discussion?
Questions?