LAW 620

Credit: 3 hours.

This course focuses on the profound legal and policy issues raised by changes in health law and the U.S. health care delivery system including: access to health law and the U.S. health care delivery system including: access to health services; the financing and organization of the health care system; development of legal standards to ensure quality of care; and issues of long-term care. In addition, we will focus on the process of making laws and polices; what entities, institutions, and individuals control decisions about the quality and cost of health care. We will also explore the need and basis for reform.