Health Policies

Question 1. 1. Discuss the impact of health policy on individuals, on health-related organizations, and on interest groups. (Points : 15)

Question 2. 2. Who are demanders and suppliers of health policies? What motivates each in the political marketplace? (Points : 15)

Question 3. 3. Discuss the involvement of interest groups in the political circumstances that affect agenda setting. Incorporate the specific ways they influence agenda setting in your response. (Points : 15)

Question 4. 4. What congressional committees are most important to health policy? Briefly describe their roles. (Points : 15)

Question 5. 5. Discuss legislative oversight of policy implementation. (Points : 15)

Question 6. 6. What does it mean to characterize policy implementation as public management? (Points : 15)

Question 7. 7. Discuss the concept of incrementalism in public policymaking. (Points : 15)

Question 8. 8. Describe, in general terms, the operation stage of policy implementation. (Points : 15)

Question 9. 9. Discuss the effect of a policy on its own implementation. (Points : 15)

Question 10. 10. What two major areas of concern do individuals share with health-related organizations and interest groups regarding policies and the process through which they are produced? Why are these concerns more easily addressed by organizations and groups than by individuals? (Points : 15)