Health Care and Social Welfare Policy

Catalog description

Health Care and Social Welfare PolicyThis Social Welfare Policy II course explores US health policy in a historical context. It reviews theories and ideologies of the American health care system; the changing government role over time; the evolution of worker's rights and client's rights and policy implementation. The course critically assesses current debates related to the Affordable Care Act (“Obama Care"), managed care, the public option, and Medicare for All (single payor) among other policies and programs. Special attention is paid to the impact of health policy to vulnerable populations and to the well-being of individual and families relative to their class, race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual preference, or religious beliefs.