HLTC43H3 Lecture : lecture 1
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How is policy made? y consensus models y conflict models. Established bc people sacrificed so much after ww and did not want to live in insecurity. Once medicare was established, dr got fixed income. Benefits associated with single public health care program and those who don t have it, spend more out of pocket fees. Conflict model is about exercising political power, ideology (ideas about things needed to be done to address issue), why are some groups healthier, delve deeper into issue and look at critical issues. What is health policy? y decision made by govt to address and identify set of policy issues govt decided to take action on or not. Politics as: y govt y public life y conflict resolution y power. What is govt? y complex issue in can bc many levels (federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, regional etc) Canada s system of govt (image) www. 2parl. gc. ca/sites/lop/aboutparliment/forsey/pdfs/how_canadians_gover n_themselves-7ed. pdf y judiciary-independent of govt.
