Question

Identify the four different forms of health care policy.	Identify an example of each form identified.	Classify the form identified into one of the two categories of the health care policy.	Describe why the health care form identified fits in the category identified (15 to 45 words).
1. Self-regulatory policies
2. Redistributive policies
3. Regulatory policy
4. Distributive policy

Answer 1

1.self regulation policy :

Example of self regulation policy is When directly self-regulating, the organization directly monitors and punishes its own members. For example, many organizations have the ability to remove any member by a vote of all members. Another common form is where the organization establishes an external policing organization.

The self regulation policy comes under allocative health policies There are two types of health policies. Regulatory health policies help standardize and control certain groups of people. Allocative health policies provide one group of people with money or power by taking it from somewhere else.

2.Redistributive polices :

Examples of redistributive policies are Head Start (education), Medicaid (health care), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF, income support), and food programs like the Supplementary Nutritional Aid Program (SNAP).

Two types of redistributive policies are considered as money transfers and educational transfers. The former can be used by recipients for consumption, bequests or educational expenditures, while the latter exclusively augments human capital.

redistributive policy a policy in which costs are born by a relatively small number of groups or individuals, but benefits are expected to be enjoyed by a different group in society. regulatory policy a policy that regulates companies and organizations in a way that protects the public.

3.Regulatory policy :

An example of a private regulatory health policy is the accreditation process that hospitals follow through various organizations to ensure standards are being met.

Regulatory health policies are used by the government to standardize and control types of behavior of specific groups. This how it works in health care policy.

4.Distributive policy :

Examples include government policies that impact spending for welfare, public education, highways, and public safety, or professional organization's benefits plan.

Distributive policies target the society as a whole to provide benefits.Distributive policy is the funding of medical research coming from the government to work on improving health services. That's how it fits in health care policy