Public Health Policy and Law

This course provides public health students with a foundation of American health policy and law. It emphasizes health policy and legal issues affecting the health care system and public health. It also examines how the laws and policies are formulated, and emphasizes the need for collaboration between governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Furthermore, the course examines health policy issues relating to health insurance, and provides extensive discourse on the health care reform law of 2010.

Credits

Prerequisite

None.