Question

As a policy issue, in what ways is healthcare different from other policy issues? Please review the policymaking models we discussed last week. Apply this model to one of the healthcare policy areas (found in the required readings for this week). How does the model work? What ideas, institutions, and interests are involved? What actors might be involved and what might their interests be?

Answer 1

Health care policy contain its choice,goals that neglect on values,beliefs and attitude whether can be local,state and federal..Health policy include organization insurer,volunteer and suppliers etc..health policy helps providers to focus on their professional values where public policy source within government contain laws and rules have regulatory in nature..It influenced in many factors like public interest,economics,society,diverse system,demographic and environmental factors..professional policy contain multidisciplinary standards,guidelines and research based recommendation to health care system..policy contain laws,guidelines and regulations..when policy involve in political character like primary health care,health care reform,financing mechanism can affect the health care delivery..health policy applied in policy model with nature,issues,control,decision making,actors interest,old practice and policy governing health sector in a period of time..
Worldwide policy making model impact the sector as per political and economic deal between private,government company health sector..Actors on the crisis should obey for director and producers instruction,reaction ,critics and audience..political nature policy making affect all actors during crisis,old policies should be changes and new policies should be focused on new rules realistic and adopted by others countries than old one..It must have positive image on health sector..new policy should identify the problem,it must has action,comparison of problem.political deal between government,UN agencies,donors,private company,banks,foreign armies..they are in crisis stage they should follow director instruction and must take consideration the reaction of crisis..Health sector offer first experience of formal governance ,health care delivery with new rules commitment focus on  social welfare should have public interest..