Us Health Policy

Analyze each condition or challenge in terms of at least two aspects of the policy process and political environment.

What are the principal features of U.S. health policy?
What are the various stages in the policy cycle?
  * What strategies and tools can be employed by various stakeholder groups?

  * What is the relationship between states and the federal government in policy making?

  * What has been the impact of presidential leadership on health policies?

  * How and why have health reform proposals been unsuccessful in the past?

Politcal policy is when

The political environment is
.   IT IS CHALLENGE BECAUSE PEPOLE CARE ABOUT HEALTHCARE, AND THEY BECOME CAUTIOUS.   PEOPLE AFRAID OF CHANGE OR IF THEY WILL RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT

THE US SENTAE TAKES 60 VOTES TO DO ANYTHING IMPORTANT, THEN CONGRESS HAS TO PASS AND THEN THE PRESIDENT.   THE SYSTEM IS SE TUP TO MAKE CHANGE DIFFEICULY SLOW AND INCREMENTAL.   Health Reform has taken a long time to complete, many of the obstacles came from opposing stakeholders.   These stakeholders include the American Medical Associantion, businesses, and the insurance industry.   Barack Obama’s greatest challenge was securing enactment of ambitious health care legislation similar in scope to Great Society and New Deal programs—without the benefit of the congressional majorities of those eras.   There were many challenges that were faced during the implementation of the ACA of 2010.
  1. In 2009, reformers also faced a soaring federal budget deficit, driven by the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and subsequent financial bailout and economic stimulus legislation.   The Obama administration thus avoided proposals for budgeting or systemwide price controls, although it did fight to adopt the controversial “Cadillac tax” on high-cost health plans. Moreover, Congress and the Obama administration reversed course from 1993–94 by proposing tax increases on wealthier Americans to pay for expanding...