PUBHLTH 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tricare, Rulemaking
29 Sep 2016
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Provides a basic overview of policy and the policymaking process. Focuses on: defining policy, public policymaking structure and process, federal, state, and local health bureaucracy, interest groups. Who makes policy: private actors, government (federal, state, local, authoritative decision makers. Public policy problems: beyond individual concerns, determine if a decision represents a policy . Structuring policy options: mandatory/voluntary, take action/refrain from acting. Legislative branch: congress is the lawmaking body of federal government, congress consists of the senate and house. House: by district, proportional to population, at least 1 representative per state: committees workhorse of congress. Voters in nation if they have a leadership role or national aspirations. Executive offices assist and advise the president: administrative agencies, 15 cabinet departments. Interpret and implement laws passed by congress: presidential powers/duties. Chief of state symbol of the country and its citizens. Chief executive officer manages cabinet and executive branch. Commander in chief of the armed forces top ranking military official in the country.
