LAW 828: Health Policy
This course is intended as a follow-up course to Health Law and Policy. It is an overview of the health care system and an introduction to the market for health services. An analytical framework will be developed for considering the propriety, extent, and nature of governmental intervention. Topics that may be considered include: personnel issues (e.g., licensure); financing issues (e.g., public and private health insurance); regulatory issues (e.g., regulatory legislation, antitrust, fraud, and abuse); comparison of market and regulatory responses; the roles of health maintenance organizations and for-profit institutions in the health field; problems of cost containment; the value of human life; allocation of decision-making authority (e.g., Baby Doe). Enrollment limited. Prior completion of Health Law and Policy course is strongly recommended. [2 credit hours]
LAW 840: Health Policy
The three-credit option for the above course. [3 credit hours]
