Healthcare Policy & Law

“Common Law and Separation of Power”

• From the first e-Activity, interpret the role that common law has played in health care in the United States. Assess the level at which common law has impacted overall decisions related to healthcare policy. Provide two (2) specific examples to support your rationale.
  • e-Activity: Use the Internet to research the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Website, located at http://www.nih.gov/; PubMed, located at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/; and other related Websites to examine common law and its effect on healthcare policy in the United States.
• Differentiate between checks and balances in the separation of power. Specify two (2) examples related to health care from your state government.

***This is a discussion, NOT a paper. Need a strong paragraph and 2 references.***