HSA 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: United States District Court, Senate Hold, Life Tenure
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The context of health policymaking: policies are authoritative decisions made in a context through a complicated process, the context of public-sector health policymaking includes government, federal government. Implements and enforces laws written by congress: president, cabinet of 15 department heads, dept. of health and human services (hhs) Federal gover(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s pri(cid:374)(cid:272)ipal age(cid:374)(cid:272)y for prote(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g the health of a(cid:373)ericans. Includes the national institutes of health, the food and drug administration, and the centers for disease control and prevention. Federal: legislative branch: congress (senate and house of representatives) Makes or amends laws via the legislative process. Establishes annual federal budget: house, senate. 435 elected members and six nonvoting members are elected every two years. 100 senators (two for each state) serve six-year terms. Interprets the law, determines the constitutionality of the law, and applies it: members are nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. Judges of the supreme court, us district courts, us courts of appeals.
