The US Healthcare System: Law, Politics, and Policy

Catalog description

This course examines the US healthcare system through the lens of law, politics, and policy. Executive students examine the relationships among the healthcare system, the making of policy, and the state of our health and society. They take a multidisciplinary approach that employs sociological, political, and economic perspectives on health and disease, the healthcare system, regulatory and legislative processes, and policy development. Students explore the challenges of meeting the varied and often conflicting needs of different stakeholders. The ultimate goal of this course is to strengthen students’ understanding of fundamental ideas, issues, and problems involved with the making of healthcare policy.