Health Care Policy

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This paper identifies the top ten health care policy issues as represented through a search of the world wide web. The issues referenced are determined through political websites as part of candidate platforms and presidential issues as well as from a site specific to health policy. Issues cited are: Aging, diet and nutrition, environmental health, global issues, healthcare reform, infectious diseases, mental health, patient advocacy, public health and research and discovery.

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"Health care policy issues have been with us as long as the people have looked to their form of government for help related to health and welfare. According to Macgee (2006), in our modern society, health represents more than disease related issues or health delivery systems, yet governments and nations still compartmentalize health policy issues. This paper presents the top ten issues related to health care policy as represented through a search of political and a-political sites offered on the World Wide Web. The issues listed below are those most commonly debated and include the social variables surrounding the specific health care issue, for the social ramifications are what drive policy. "

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