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Healthcare Policies

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The judiciary, executive, legislature, at both state and federal levels, are the three branches of government primarily responsible for the formulation of healthcare policies in the United States. There are other non-governmental organizations such as professional and ethics bodies that provide rules and guidelines in some health care policies. The sources of law involved in judicial decisions for healthcare policy is known as the case or common law. The judiciary (Supreme Court, federal courts etc.) will be the least suited source of law to exact an impact on healthcare policies. The Judiciary has limited control on the formation of health policies. Although professionals could help the court execute a detailed, objective examination of the state of healthcare, judges are often believed to be impartial, most often because they are appointed by politicians. Judges interpret the law based on principles and their ideologies. Administrative law is another source of law promulgated by an executive branch of government. The President and state Governors have considerable power to develop health policy through executive orders. The government organizes the information and reasoning necessary for formulating health care policies. Federal and state governments can also affect policies that deal with healthcare through guidelines and regulations. The Passage of the Affordable Care Act was one of those health care policy formulated by the executive branch of government with Department of Health and Human Services highly involved. The source of law that has the most impact on the US …show more content…

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