10:762:205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Planning and Public Policy
• Course: 10:762:205
• Professor: Alan Cander

Document Summary

Goals of usa healthcare policy arena: access (better, cost (lower/ controlled costs, quality (better) Players in the usa s healthcare policy arena(affected by the healthcare policies) : Insurance companies- scared of losey money: big pharma- scared of losing money and influence. 2: lobbyist, doctors/ medical care providers- scared of losing money, public- lose access, cost, and scared of lost of quality, legal professions that is connected to the medical professions. Affordable care act- to improve quality, to expand coverage and to lower costs. Because both sides of the government dont know how to compromise, it turns into this thing that we are suffering. Usa puts profit in front of health as opposed to other countries that put health and wellness in front of profit.