Healthcare by cbannon https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj How the American Political System facilitates the Policy Making Process en-us 2017-04-02 20:56:51 UTC 2017-04-02 23:17:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Agenda Setting bannonchandler https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164196808 Once a problem is identified, it must secure a place on a the political agenda in order to gain the attention of public officials.]]> 2017-04-02 21:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164196808 Key Factors in Agenda Setting bannonchandler https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164197281 Issues make it to the Governmental Agenda in a number of ways:
  1.  Natural Disaster, Crises, and other unplanned events force problems onto the agenda
  2.  Policy entrepreneurs push issues onto the congressional agenda
  3. Political changes may lead to a change in agenda
  4. Interest groups are major initiators in agenda setting
]]> 2017-04-02 21:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164197281 Interest Groups Relevant to Healthcare bannonchandler https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164198216 Groups & their lobbyists urge congress to legislate on specific special interests. A few Interest groups involved in Healthcare Policy Making include:
  1. American Medical Association (PAC)- collects and provides funding to political candidates
  2. American Public Health Association- relies on advocacy to promote interests 
  3. Planned Parenthood Action Fund- nonpartisan advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood
]]> 2017-04-02 21:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164198216 Policy Making bannonchandler https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164200820 The process of public policy making involves the formulation, adoption, implementation, and evaluation of the solution (policy) to an identified problem.]]> 2017-04-02 22:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164200820 Key Agencies Involved in Healthcare Policy Making bannonchandler https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164201040
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service provide millions of people with healthcare through medical branches of the armed forces, hospitals, and medical programs
  • The Department of Health and Human Services administers healthcare- via medicare & medicaid- to those who qualify to receive Social Security benefits
  • The National Government finances most medical research, primarily through National Institutes of Health
    • ]]>     2017-04-02 22:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164201040     Key Congressional Committees Involved in Healthcare Policy Making bannonchandler https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164201607
  • Congress appropriates more money for medical research than the president advises through the Appropriations committee.
  • Congress also extended Medicaid coverage to low-income families and pregnant women.
    • ]]>     2017-04-02 22:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164201607     Relevant Court Decisions regarding Healthcare bannonchandler https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164202109 National Federation of Independent Business vs. Sibelius:
    • This court decision upheld congress's power to enact the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) to provide healthcare to Americans via appropriations.
    Fields vs. Smith 
    • This case overturned a Wisconsin law that barred access to hormone therapy and sex-reassignment surgery for prison inmates and others detained in the State's custody, which was ruled a violation of the constitution's guarantee of equal protection.
    ]]>     2017-04-02 22:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164202109     Federalism and Healthcare Policy bannonchandler https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164202917 Federalism allocates shared powers between State Governments and the Federal Government. 
    • State governments have the power to enforce laws pertaining to healthcare on their own accord.
    • The Supreme Court upheld congress's power to appropriate and distribute funding for federal programs such as the ACA, Medicare, and Medicaid are enacted by the federal government to be effective in all states.
    • State laws that are found to violate constitutional rights can be overturned by the court system in favor of the constitution, which reigns as the "Ultimate Law of the Land".
    ]]>     2017-04-02 22:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164202917     The Policy Making Process: Healthcare bannonchandler https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164203898 2017-04-02 23:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bannonchandler/kxnxst926rbj/wish/164203898