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PUBPOL 750

PUBPOL 750: Topics: The Policymaking Process: How Health Care Reform was Enacted

Level
Graduate
Term
Fall 2016
Days
Tuesday, Thursday
Time
1:00-2:30 pm EST
Course Location
1110 Weill
Course Section
507
U-M Course Number
25172
Credit Hours
1

This course will focus on the role of different actors? perspectives in the policy process. The emphasis will be on understanding the different goals, tools, and constraints facing different actors in policymaking.  The policy application will be health care reform: we will trace how it got on the policy agenda and its role in the 2008 campaign, the legislative process and subsequent regulations, the legal challenges, and efforts to implement the law including enrollment campaigns and healthcare.gov.

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