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Public Policy
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Authoritive decision made by a branch of government
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Conference committee
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committee made up by of members from both branches of goverment
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Health Policy
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Public Policy related to health
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Play or pay
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employers provide health insurance or pay into a special fund
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Single Payer System
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system closed to the canadian model
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Allocation tool
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direct provision of income, services or good to select groups
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Block Grant
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Lump sums distibuted to stateson a formaula basis
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Family Independant Act
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extended wealfare health benefits after employment
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A bill
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proposed legislation
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Regulatory Tools
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policies thst prescribe and control behavior of a particular group
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Voucher
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One type is tax credits issued in the hope that people will purchase health insurance
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An Act
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A piece of legislation after it becomes law
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What is health policy? How can health policies be used as a regulatory or allocative tools?
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Health policies - " the aggregate of principles , stated or unstated, that characterized the distribution of resources, services and political influences that impact on the health of population.
Regulatory tools - they call on government to prescribe and control the behavoir of a particular target group by monitoring it and imposing sanctions of need be. Allocative tools- indirect provsion of income, services or goods to certain groups or institituions distributive or redistributive |
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What is the process of legislative health policy in the U.S?How is this process related to the principal features of US health policy?
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Describe the critical poicy issues related to access to care, cost of care, and quality of care.
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Access - Providers, public financing, Elderly Minorities,rural areas, low income, AIDS
Cost of care- We have the most advacned technology well trained specialists, but it all amounts to most expensive and costly healthcare in the world Quality of care- |
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What do you think the future of health policy will look like in the United States?
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