Understanding the Role of Health Policy

Health policy is simply a health plan that has been written with
specific strategies or objectives to accomplish the overall goal of the
plan. Health policy (popular or unpopular) plays an important role in
the delivery of healthcare services.  Please review Chapter 1 in its
entirety to understand the premise of health policy. To successfully
complete this discussion an understanding to the role of policies in
health care is imperative.  In a minimum of 250 words discuss the
following questions:

• What is the premise of healthcare policies? (consider the following: past/current policies that impact provider-insurer shift)
• Is healthcare access a ?uman right·or a ?rivilege· Provide a rationale.
• Who are the major players in health policies?
• How does health policy impact society?