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UNIVERSITY!OF!WISCONSIN!
SCHOOL!OF!MEDICINE!AND !PUBLIC!HEALTH !
DEPARTMENT!OF!POPULATION!HEALTH!SCIENCES!
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PHS!879!
POLITICS!OF!HEA L T H !P O L IC Y !
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PHS!879:!POLITICS!OF!HEALTH!POLICY!!
FALL!2018!!
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This!course!is!designed!to!help!students!understand!how!and!why!health!policies!reflect!the!
political!system!in!which!they!are!developed!and!implemented.!!!
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COURSE!INSTRUCTOR!!! !
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Thomas!R.!Oliver,!Ph.D.,!M.H.A.!
Professor!of!Population!Health!Sciences!
School!of!Medicine!and!Public!Health!
University!of!Wisconsin—Madison!
610!Walnut!Street,!Room!760C!WARF!
Madison,!WI!!53726-2397!
Phone:!608-262-6731!!Fax:!608-263-2820!
Email:![email protected]!!
http://pophealth.wisc.edu/thomas-oliver!
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Faculty!Affiliate!
Robert!M.!La!Follette!School!of!Public!Affairs!
Nelson!Institute!for!Environmental!Studies!
University!of!Wisconsin—Madison!
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COURSE!OBJECTIVES!
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1.!!! To!analyze!the!current!and!historical!role!of!government!in!health!policy,!primarily!
focusing!on!the!United!States.!
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2.!!! To!introduce!important!concepts,!theories,!and!literature!concerning!the!impact!of!
politics!on!public!policy!and!population!health.!
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3.!!! To!explain!the!roles,!resources,!and!strategies!of!key!participants,!both!inside!and!
outside!of!government,!who!influence!health!policy!development!and!implementation.!
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4.!!! To!compare!how!political!determinants!influence!different!types!of!health!policy!issues!
(e.g.,!access!to!insurance!and!health!services,!cost!containment,!disease!and!injury!
prevention).!!!
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5.! To!translate!knowledge!of!health!politics!and!the!policy!process!into!more!effective!
strategies!for!public!health!advocacy.!
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6.!!! To!improve!skills!in!communication,!leadership,!and!systems!thinking!through!formal!
and!informal!analysis!of!key!issues!in!health!politics!and!policy.!
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COURSE!REQUIREMENTS!
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Blog!Posts!and!Discussions!(40!points)!
Students!will!write!considered!reactions!to!key!contemporary!issues!in!health!policy!and!
politics!via!blog!posts!and!a!discussion!board.!
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Strategy!Memos!(80!points)!!
Students!will!write!short!strategy!memos!to!a!key!stakeholder!on!a!public!health!issue!of!
their!choice!to!apply!key!concepts!and!analytical!frameworks!throughout!the!course.!!
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Case!Study!Project!(80!points)!
Students!will!produce!a!case!study!of!the!politics!of!health!policy!development.!!The!
case!study!will!apply!concepts!and!analytical!frameworks!to!explain!the!course!of!action!
on!a!policy!issue!selected!by!each!student.!!Students!will!write!an!individual!12-15!page!
paper!based!on!the!case!study!project.!
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REQUIRED!TEXT!
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James!A.!Morone!and!Daniel!C.!Ehlke,!eds.!!2013.!!Health'Politics'and'Policy.!!Stamford,!CT:!
Cengage!Learning.!
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All!other!required!course!readings!are!available!as!PDF!files!or!links!on!the!Canvas!course!
website.!!
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SUGGESTED!SUPPLEMENTAL!READING!
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Weissert,!Carol!S.!and!William!G.!Weissert.!!2012.!!Governing'Health:'The'Politics'of'Health'
Policy,!4th!ed.!!Baltimore,!MD:!Johns!Hopkins!University!Press.!!
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Birkland,!Thomas!A.!!2016.!!An'Introduction'to'the'Policy'Process,!4th!ed.!!Armonk,!NY:!M.!E.!
Sharpe.!
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Stone,!Deborah.!!2012.!!Policy'Paradox:'The'Art'of'Political'Decision'Making,!3d!ed.!!New!York:!
W.!W.!Norton.!
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In!addition!to!the!required!course!materials,!good!sources!of!information!on!health!politics!and!
policy!issues!include!the!Journal'of'Health'Politics,'Policy'and'Law,!Health'Affairs,!Milbank'
Quarterly,!New'England'Journal'of'Medicine,!Journal'of'the'American'Medical'Association,!BMJ,!
and!American'Journal'of'Public'Health.!
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There!are!also!a!number!of!periodicals!that!provide!insight!into!the!general!policy!making!
process!and!a!variety!of!specific!policy!areas,!including!health.!!Among!these!are!Kaiser'Health'
News,'CQ'Roll'Call,'National'Journal,!Washington'Post!and!New'York'Times.!!!
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Finally,!a!large!number!of!governmental!agencies,!foundations,!and!health!care!organizations!
operate!websites!with!useful!information!about!health!policies!and!programs.!!A!good!starting!
point!is!THOMAS,!operated!by!the!U.S.!Library!of!Congress,!as!well!as!the!U.S.!Government!
Accountability!Office,!Centers!for!Medicare!and!Medicaid!Services,!Centers!for!Disease!Control!
and!Prevention,!National!Conference!of!State!Legislatures,!National!Governors!Association,!
Kaiser!Family!Foundation,!and!AcademyHealth.!!
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COURSE!SCHEDULE!AND!MATERIALS!
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Module!1!! Politics!as!a!Core!Determinant!of!Health!
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Materials:! Stone,!Deborah.!!2012.!!Policy'Paradox:'The'Art'of'Political'Decision'
Making.!!New!York:!W.!W.!Norton.!!Chapter!1,!The!Market!and!the!Polis,!
pp.!19-36.!
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Kickbusch,!Ilona.!!2015.!!The!Political!Determinants!of!Health—10!Years!
On.!!BMJ!350:!h81.!
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! Mackenbach,!Johan!P.!!2013.!!Political!Conditions!and!Life!Expectancy!in!
Europe,!1900-2008.!!Social'Science'and'Medicine!82:!134-46.! ! !
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! Navarro,!Vicente,!et!al.!!2006.!!Politics!and!Health!Outcomes.!!Lancet!368:!
1033-37.!!
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! American!Politics!and!the!Role!of!Government!in!Health!Policy!
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! Birkland,!Thomas!A.!!2016.!!An'Introduction'to'the'Policy'Process,!4th!ed.!!
Armonk,!NY:!M.!E.!Sharpe.!!Chapter!3,!The!Historical!and!Structural!
Contexts!of!Public!Policy!Making,!pp.!65-105.!
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! Morone,!James!A.!!2013.!!Health!Politics!and!Policy.!!In!James!A.!Morone!
and!Daniel!C.!Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'Politics'and'Policy.!!Stamford,!CT:!
Cengage!Learning,!pp.!xxi-xliv.!
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! Colgrove,!James.!!2011.!!Epidemic'City:'The'Politics'of'Public'Health'in'
New'York.!!New!York:!Russell!Sage!Foundation.!!Conclusion:!The!Politics!
of!Public!Health,!pp.!257-65.!
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! Scharfstein,!Joshua!M.!!2016.!!Rethinking!Science!and!Politics.!!Milbank'
Quarterly!94(1):!39-42.!!!
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Supplemental:! Carpenter,!Daniel.!!2012.!!Is!Health!Politics!Different?!!Annual'Review'of'
Political'Science!15:!287-311.!
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Due!9/10!
Blog!Post:! Argue!why!California—along!with!Mississippi!and!West!Virginia—is!right!
or!wrong!to!eliminate!non-medical!exemptions!to!childhood!
immunizations.!!Will!the!new!law!be!effective!in!increasing!immunization!
rates!and!improving!population!health?!
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! Medina,!Jennifer.!!2015.!!California!Set!to!Mandate!Childhood!Vaccines!
Amid!Intense!Fight.!!New'York'Times,!25!June.!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/us/california-vaccines-religious-
and-personal-
exemptions.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=Related
Coverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article!
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! Bruni,!Frank.!!2015.!!California,!Camelot,!and!Vaccines.!!New'York'Times,!
4!July.!!http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/opinion/sunday/frank-
bruni-california-camelot-and-vaccines.html!
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! Healy,!Melissa.!!2016.!!Pediatricians!Urge!States!to!Get!Tough!on!Parents!
Who!Don’t!Want!to!Vaccinate!Their!Kids.!!Los'Angeles'Times,!29!August.!!
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-pediatricians-
vaccines-exemptions-20160828-snap-story.html!
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Due!9/17!
Strategy!Memo:! Choose!a!public!health!issue!(other!than!vaccines)!and!identify!the!
strongest!rationale!for!government!involvement—e.g.,!police!powers,!
spillover!effects,!protecting!constitutional!rights,!promoting!general!
welfare.!!Why!is!this!an!issue!that!cannot!or!should!not!be!resolved!by!
private!parties?!
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Module!2! Federalism!and!Intergovernmental!Relations!!
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Materials:! Stone,!Deborah.!!2012.!!Policy'Paradox:'The'Art'of'Political'Decision'
Making.!!New!York:!W.!W.!Norton.!!Chapter!16,!Powers,!pp.!354-77.!
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! Thompson,!Frank!J.!and!Joel!C.!Cantor.!!2013.!!Federalism!and!Health!
Policy.!!In!James!A.!Morone!and!Daniel!C.!Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'Politics'and'
Policy.!!Stamford,!CT:!Cengage!Learning,!pp.!94-115.!
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! Shipan,!Charles!R.!and!Craig!Volden.!!2006.!!Bottom-Up!Federalism:!The!
Diffusion!of!Antismoking!Policies!from!U.S.!Cities!to!States.!!American'
Journal'of'Political'Science!50(4):!825-43.!
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! New'York'Times.!!2018.!!States!Show!the!Way!on!the!Opioid!Epidemic.!!
Editorial,!24!August.!
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! Sanger-Katz,!Margot.!!2015.!!The!Decline!of!“Big!Soda.”!!New'York'Times,!
2!October.!!http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/upshot/soda-industry-
struggles-as-consumer-tastes-
change.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-
column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news!
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! Grassroots!Change:!Connecting!for!Better!Health.!!
http://grassrootschange.net/preemption-map/!
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Due!9/24!
Blog!Post:! How!did!intergovernmental!relations!help!produce!the!contamination!of!
the!drinking!water!in!Flint,!Michigan!and!the!inadequate!response!to!such!
a!seemingly!obvious!public!health!threat?!
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! Markel,!Howard.!!2016.!!Remember!Flint.!!Milbank'Quarterly!94!(2).!!
http://www.milbank.org/the-milbank-quarterly/current-
issue/article/4097/remember-flint?back=/issue/2016/2!
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! Barry-Jester,!Anna!Marie.!!2016.!!What!Went!Wrong!In!Flint.!!
FiveThirtyEight,!26!January.!!http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-
went-wrong-in-flint-water-crisis-michigan/!
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! Michigan!Civil!Rights!Commission.!!2017.!!The'Flint'Water'Crisis:'Systemic'
Racism'Through'the'Lens'of'Flint.!!Lansing,!MI:!Michigan!Department!of!
Civil!Rights,!17!February.!
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! CNN.!!2016.!!Water!Crisis!in!Flint,!Michigan.!!
http://www.cnn.com/specials/us/flint-water-crisis!
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Ganim,!Sara!and!Linh!Tran.!!2016.!!How!Tap!Water!Became!Toxic!in!Flint,!
Michigan.!!CNN,!13!January.!!
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/11/health/toxic-tap-water-flint-
michigan/index.html!
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! Simon,!Mallory.!!2016.!!The!Faces!of!the!Flint!Water!Crisis.!!CNN,!4!May.!!
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/health/flint-water-crisis-
faces/index.html#!
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Due!10/1!
Strategy!Memo:! Analyze!a!selected!public!health!issue!and!provide!an!assessment!of!
whether!advocates!should!pursue!a!“top-down”!or!a!“bottom-up”!
strategy!for!policy!change.!!If!state-level!action!is!needed!or!desired,!
would!state!preemption!of!local!policies!help!or!hurt!your!cause?!
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Module!3! Political!Mobilization!and!the!Policy!Agenda!
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Materials:! Schlesinger,!Mark.!!2013.!!Public!Opinion.!!In!James!A.!Morone!and!Daniel!
C.!Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'Politics'and'Policy.!!Stamford,!CT:!Cengage!Learning,!
pp.!214-35.!
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! Haidt,!Jonathan.!!2008.!!The!Moral!Roots!of!Liberals!and!Conservatives.!!
TED!conference,!March.!
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind?langua
ge=en!
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! Klein,!Ezra.!!2014.!!How!Politics!Makes!Us!Stupid.!!Vox,!6!April.!!
http://www.vox.com/2014/4/6/5556462/brain-dead-how-politics-
makes-us-stupid!
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! Barry,!Colleen!L.,!Emma!E.!McGinty,!Jon!S.!Vernick,!and!Daniel!W.!
Webster.!!2013.!!After!Newtown—Public!Opinion!on!Gun!Policy!and!
Mental!Illness.!!New'England'Journal'of'Medicine!(28!January):!DOI:!
10.1056/NEJMp1300512.!
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! Los!Angeles!County!Department!of!Public!Health.!!You'Wouldn’t'Eat'22'
Packs'of'Sugar.''Why'Are'You'Drinking'Them?!!Infographic!for!Choose!
Health!L.A.!campaign.!
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! Stone,!Deborah.!!2012.!!Policy'Paradox:'The'Art'of'Political'Decision'
Making.!!New!York:!W.!W.!Norton.!!Chapter!10,!Interests,!pp.!229-47.!
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! Kersh,!Rogan.!!2013.!!Ten!Myths!about!Health!Lobbyists.!!In!James!A.!
Morone!and!Daniel!C.!Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'Politics'and'Policy.!!Stamford,!
CT:!Cengage!Learning,!pp.!236-53.!!
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! Quadagno,!Jill.!!2011.!!Interest-group!Influence!on!the!Patient!Protection!
and!Affordable!Care!Act!of!2010:!Winners!and!Losers!in!the!Health!Care!
Reform!Debate.!!Journal'of'Health'Politics,'Policy'and'Law!36(June):!449-
53.!
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! Dorfman,!Lori,!et!al.!!2014.!!Cigarettes!Become!a!Dangerous!Product:!
Tobacco!in!the!Rearview!Mirror,!1952-1965.!!American'Journal'of'Public'
Health!104(1):!37-46.!
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! O’Connor,!Anahad.!!2016.!!How!the!Sugar!Industry!Shifted!Blame!to!Fat.!!
New'York'Times,!12!September.!
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! Oliver,!J.!Eric.!2006.!!The!Politics!of!Pathology:!How!Obesity!Became!an!
Epidemic!Disease.!!Perspectives'in'Biology'and'Medicine!49(4):!611-27.!
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Supplemental:! Smith,!Robert.!!2013.!!How!to!Sell!Coke!to!People!Who!Have!Never!Had!a!
Sip.!!National!Public!Radio,!7!June.!!
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/06/07/189184092/how-to-
sell-coke-to-people-who-have-never-had-a-sip!
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! Rosenthal,!Elisabeth.!!2016.!!Ask!Your!Doctor!if!This!Ad!Is!Right!for!You.!!
New'York'Times,!27!February.!
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! Merchants'of'Doubt.!!2014.!!Documentary!film!based!on!the!book!by!
Naomi!Oreskes!and!Erik!Conway.!!
https://genvideos.org/watch?v=Merchants_of_Doubt_2014#video=7F7er
Bsp2hDjFy_igF0YNWmoDGaD0LGrXyQZ3THz-Xk!
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Due!10/8!
Blog!Post:! How!does!the!current!opioid!epidemic!differ!from!drug!addiction!and!
abuse!in!recent!history,!in!terms!of!social!construction!of!the!target!
population!and!notions!of!personal!responsibility?!!How!do!differences!in!
framing!the!problem!affect!agenda!setting—both!the!likelihood!of!
government!action!to!address!the!problem!and!the!nature!of!likely!
solutions!(from!prevention!to!treatment!to!law!enforcement)?!
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! Seelye,!Katherine!Q.!!2015.!!In!Heroin!Crisis,!White!Families!Seek!Gentler!
War!on!Drugs.!!New'York'Times,!30!October.!!
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! Yankah,!Ekow.!!2016.!!When!Addiction!Has!a!White!Face.!!New'York'
Times,!9!February.!
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Due!10/15!
Strategy!Memo:! Choose!a!public!health!issue!that,!in!your!judgment,!has!not!been!
adequately!addressed—or!alternatively,!how!it!has!been!addressed!poses!
a!threat!to!public!health.!!Compare!it!to!an!issue!that!has!received!
considerable!attention!and!action.!!Examine!how!the!two!issues!have!
been!defined!or!framed,!what!organized!interests!are!actively!involved,!
and!any!other!factors!that!might!explain!the!disparity!in!political!
mobilization!and!agenda!setting.!!Based!on!your!analysis,!recommend!
steps!that!advocates!could!take!to!boost!the!prospects!for!constructive!
policy!change!by!reframing!the!issue!or!altering!the!“scope!of!conflict”!to!
create!a!more!favorable!mix!of!supporters!and!opponents.!!
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Module!4! Legislative!and!Executive!Roles!in!Health!Policy!
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Materials:! Peterson,!Mark!A.!!2013.!!Congress.!!In!James!A.!Morone!and!Daniel!C.!
Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'Politics'and'Policy.!!Stamford,!CT:!Cengage!Learning,!
pp.!30-55.!!!
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! Morone,!James!A.!!2013.!!The!Presidency.!!In!James!A.!Morone!and!Daniel!
C.!Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'Politics'and'Policy.!!Stamford,!CT:!Cengage!Learning,!
pp.!56-75.!
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Meyers,!Roy!T.!!2014.!!Budgeting!and!Health!Care!Policy!(1970s-Present).!!
In!Thomas!R.!Oliver,!ed.,!Guide'to'U.S.'Health'and'Healthcare'Policy.!!
Washington,!D.C.:!CQ!Press,!pp.!111-25.!
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Jacobs,!Lawrence!R.!and!Theda!Skocpol.!!2012.!!Health'Care'Reform'and'
American'Politics.!!New!York:!Oxford!University!Press.!!Chapter!2,!The!
Year!of!Pitched!Battles:!Who!Fought!for!What,!Why,!and!How,!pp.!50-
100;!Chapter!3,!How!the!Scott!Brown!Upset!Strengthened!Health!Reform,!
pp.!101-120.!!
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! Oliver,!Thomas!R.,!Philip!R.!Lee,!and!Helene!L.!Lipton.!!2004.!!A!Political!
History!of!Medicare!and!Prescription!Drug!Coverage.!!Milbank'Quarterly!
82(June):!283-354.!!(Read!pages!283-323!for!Module!4)!
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! McDonough,!John!E.!!2016.!!Behind!the!Bipartisan!Kumbaya!on!Opioids!
and!Drug!Abuse.!!Milbank'Quarterly!94(2):!242-5.!!
http://www.milbank.org/the-milbank-quarterly/current-
issue/article/4095/behind-the-bipartisan-kumbaya-on-opioids-and-drug-
abuse?back=/issue/2016/2!
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Due!10/22!
Blog!Post:! Comment!on!the!surprising!twists!and!turns!of!the!legislative!process!
leading!to!adoption!of!the!Affordable!Care!Act!and!its!companion!
legislation!in!2010.!!In!your!judgment,!what!are!the!chief!institutional!
obstacles!to!producing!effective!health!policy?!!
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Due!10/29!
Strategy!Memo:! For!an!issue!of!your!choice,!recommend!important!steps!to!creating!the!
smoothest!path!possible!through!the!legislative!process.!!Would!you!
begin!with!the!president,!or!in!Congress?!!Which!house!of!Congress,!and!
which!committee(s),!would!have!jurisdiction!over!your!proposal?!!Which!
house!would!be!most!receptive!to!your!proposal?!!Which!potential!
sponsors!would!be!most!effective,!and!why?!!Is!your!proposal!something!
that!would!likely!require!the!support!of!party!leaders,!or!is!it!unlikely!to!
generate!partisan!conflict?!
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Module!5! The!Policy!Process!and!Politics!of!Reform!
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Materials:! Oliver,!Thomas!R.!!2006.!!The!Politics!of!Public!Health!Policy.!!Annual'
Review'of'Public'Health!27:!195-233.!
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! Bergman,!Abraham!B.!!1995.!!The!Practice!of!Political!Medicine.!!Pediatric'
Annals!24(8):!405-8.!
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Hacker,!Jacob!S.!!2008.!!Speaking!Truth!to!Power—The!Need!for,!and!
Perils!of,!Health!Policy!Expertise!in!the!White!House.!!New'England'
Journal'of'Medicine'359(11):!1085-7.!
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! Hacker,!Jacob!S.!!2013.!!Why!Health!Reform!Happened.!!In!James!A.!
Morone!and!Daniel!C.!Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'Politics'and'Policy.!!Stamford,!
CT:!Cengage!Learning,!pp.!116-22.!
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! Skocpol,!Theda.!!1995.!!The!Rise!and!Resounding!Demise!of!the!Clinton!
Health!Plan.!!Health'Affairs!14(Spring):!66-85.!
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Mongan,!James!J.!!1995.!!Anatomy!and!Physiology!of!Health!Reform’s!
Failure.!!Health'Affairs'14(Spring):!99-101.!
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! Oliver,!Thomas!R.,!Philip!R.!Lee,!and!Helene!L.!Lipton.!!2004.!!A!Political!
History!of!Medicare!and!Prescription!Drug!Coverage.!!Milbank'Quarterly!
82(June):!283-354.!!(Read!pages!324-43!for!Module!5)!
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! Oberlander,!Jonathan.!!2017.!!The!Art!of!Repeal—Republicans’!Health!
Care!Reform!Muddle.!!New'England'Journal'of'Medicine!376(20!April):!
1497-99.!!!
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! Congressional!Budget!Office.!!2017.!!Cost!Estimate,!H.R.!1628,!American!
Health!Care!Act!of!2017.!!24!May.!
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! Pear,!Robert.!!2017.!!Senators!Search!for!Compromise!Over!House’s!
Drastic!Medicaid!Changes.!!New'York'Times,!15!May.!
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! Slavitt,!Andy.!!2017.!!The!Senate’s!Three!Tools!on!Health!Care:!Sabotage,!
Speed,!and!Secrecy.!!Washington'Post,!10!June.!
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Due!11/5!
Blog!Post:!! Using!James!Q.!Wilson’s!typology!for!analyzing!the!connection!between!
policy!design!and!political!feasibility,!comment!on!the!most!important!
factors!that!distinguished!the!“success”!of!the!Affordable!Care!Act!and!
Medicare!Modernization!Act!from!the!“failure”!of!the!Clinton-era!Health!
Security!Act.!!How!did!the!initial!design!and!key!modifications!along!the!
way!improve!the!chances!of!success!for!ACA!and!MMA?!!What!are!the!
implications!of!this!type!of!analysis!for!current!Republican!proposals!for!
rolling!back!or!modifying!the!ACA?!!!
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PHS!879!Syllabus!
10!
Due!11/12!
Strategy!Memo:! For!a!selected!public!health!issue,!identify!the!most!probable!factors!that!
could!create!a!“window!of!opportunity”!for!policy!change.!!Would!that!
window!most!likely!open!in!the!“problem!stream”!or!the!“politics!
stream”?!!In!the!event!a!window!indeed!opened,!what!steps!could!
advocates!take!to!“couple”!their!preferred!alternative!with!the!problem!
and!politics!streams!and!advance!it!on!the!policy!agenda?!
!
Due!11/15!
Case!Study:! Case!study!paper!outline!with!timeline!of!key!events!and!basic!line!of!
analysis!is!due!via!submission!to!Canvas.!
!
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Module!6! The!Role!of!Courts!in!Health!Policy!
! !
Materials:! Vernick,!Jon!S.,!Julie!Samia!Mair,!Stephen!P.!Teret,!and!Jason!W.!Sapsin.!!
2003.!!Role!of!Litigation!in!Preventing!Product-related!Injuries.!!
Epidemiologic'Reviews!25:!90-98.!
!
! Jost,!Timothy.!!2013.!!The!Courts.!!In!James!A.!Morone!and!Daniel!C.!
Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'Politics'and'Policy.!!Stamford,!CT:!Cengage!Learning,!
pp.!76-93.!
! !
! Jost,!Timothy!S.!!2012.!The!Affordable!Care!Act!Largely!Survives!the!
Supreme!Court’s!Scrutiny—But!Barely.!!Health'Affairs!31(8):!1659-62.!!
!
! Rohlinger,!Deana!A.!!2016.!!Turning!the!Anti-Abortion!Tide.!!The'American'
Prospect,!5!July.!!http://prospect.org/article/turning-anti-abortion-tide! !
! !
! Suh,!Rhea.!!2017.!!A!Major!Step!Forward!in!the!Flint!Water!Crisis.!!
National!Resources!Defense!Council!blog!post,!28!March.!!
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/rhea-suh/major-step-forward-flint-water-
crisis!
!
Due!11/19!
Blog!Post:! What!are!the!long-term!consequences!of!the!1999!Supreme!Court!
decision!Olmstead'v.'L.C.?!!How!has!that!interpretation!of!the!rights!of!
individuals!with!disabilities!affected!states!and!the!health!care!industry?!
!
! Apuzzo,!Matt.!!2016.!!South!Dakota!Wrongly!Puts!Thousands!in!Nursing!
Homes.!!New'York'Times,!2!May.!! ! !
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PHS!879!Syllabus!
11!
Due!11/27!
Strategy!Memo:! For!a!selected!public!health!issue,!assess!the!advantages!and!
disadvantages!of!pursuing!policy!changes!through!legislation!and!
litigation.!!Which!would!likely!be!the!most!effective!strategy,!at!least!in!
the!short!term?!
! !
!
Module!7! Policy!Implementation!
!
Materials:! Birkland,!Thomas!A.!!2016.!!An'Introduction'to'the'Policy'Process,!4th!ed.!!
Armonk,!NY:!M.!E.!Sharpe.!!Chapter!10,!Policy!Implementation,!Failure,!
and!Learning,!pp.!331-59.! !
!
! Campbell,!Andrea!Louise!and!Kimberly!J.!Morgan.!!2013.!!The!Delegated!
Warfare!State.!!In!James!A.!Morone!and!Daniel!C.!Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'
Politics'and'Policy.!!Stamford,!CT:!Cengage!Learning,!pp.!164-74.!
!
! Smith,!David!Barton.!!2016.!!Stealth!Capture:!The!Civil!Rights!Movement!
and!the!Implementation!of!Medicare.!!Poverty'and'Race,!Volume!25,!
Number!2,!April-June.!!Washington,!D.C.:!Poverty!and!Race!Research!
Action!Council.!
!
! Kersh,!Rogan.!!2011.!!Health!Reform:!The!Politics!of!Implementation.!!
Journal'of'Health'Politics,'Policy'and'Law!36(June):!613-23.!
!
! Goldstein,!Amy!and!Juliet!Eilperin.!!2013.!!Healthcare.gov:!How!political!
fear!was!pitted!against!technical!needs.!!Washington'Post,!2!November.!!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/challenges-have-dogged-
obamas-health-plan-since-2010/2013/11/02/453fba42-426b-11e3-a624-
41d661b0bb78_story.html!
!
! Frieden,!Thomas!R.!!2014.!!Six!Components!Necessary!for!Effective!Public!
Health!Program!Implementation.!!American'Journal'of'Public'Health!104!
(January):!17-22.!
!
Due!12/3!
Blog!Post:! What!features!and!challenges!of!the!international!Ebola!outbreak!in!
2014-15!presented!an!extraordinarily!difficult!scenario!for!policy!
implementation?!
!
! Sack,!Kevin,!Sheri!Fink,!Pam!Belluck,!and!Adam!Nossiter.!!2014.!!How!
Ebola!Roared!Back.!!New'York'Times,!29!December.!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/health/how-ebola-roared-
back.html!
!
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PHS!879!Syllabus!
12!
! Searcey,!Dionne.!!2015.!!The!Last!Place!on!Earth!with!Ebola:!Getting!to!
Zero.!!New'York'Times,!6!November.!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/07/world/africa/the-last-place-on-
earth-with-ebola-guineas-fight-to-get-to-zero.html?emc=eta1!
!
Due!12/6!
Strategy!Memo:! Based!on!real!experience!or!a!hypothetical!scenario!of!what!might!follow!
“successful”!policy!change!for!a!selected!public!health!issue,!identify!the!
“weak!links”!in!moving!from!policy!to!actual!population!health!
improvement.!!!
!
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Module!8!! The!Challenges!of!Public!Administration!and!Health!Policy!!
!
Materials:! Weissert,!William!G.!and!Carol!S.!Weissert.!!2012.!!Governing'Health:'The'
Politics'of'Health'Policy.!!Baltimore,!MD:!Johns!Hopkins!University!Press.!!
Chapter!4,!Bureaucracy,!pp.!184-229.!
!
! Oliver,!Thomas!R.!!2014.!!The!Centers!for!Medicare!and!Medicaid!
Services.!!In!Thomas!R.!Oliver,!ed.,!Guide'to'U.S.'Health'and'Healthcare'
Policy.!!Washington,!D.C.:!CQ!Press,!pp.!79-88.!
!
! Dell’Aera,!Anthony!D.!!2013.!!Prescription!Drugs:!How!a!Pill!Becomes!the!
Law.!!In!James!A.!Morone!and!Daniel!C.!Ehlke,!eds.!!Health'Politics'and'
Policy.!!Stamford,!CT:!Cengage!Learning,!pp.!328-48.!
!
! Colgrove,!James.!!2011.!!Epidemic'City:'The'Politics'of'Public'Health'in'
New'York.!!New!York:!Russell!Sage!Foundation.!!Chapter!4,!A!Plague!of!
Politics,!pp.!107-41.!
!
! Allen,!Arthur.!!2016.!!Why!Congress’!Zika!Impasse!Could!Awaken!Ebola.!!
Politico,!9!July.!!http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/congress-zika-
ebola-225317!
!
! U.S.!Centers!for!Disease!Control!and!Prevention.!!2016.!!Transcript:!CDC!
Director!Tom!Frieden!Addresses!National!Press!Club.!!Transcript!from!26!
May!2016!Address!to!National!Press!Club,!Washington,!D.C.!!
http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/t0526-npc.html!
!
! Kickbusch,!Ilona!and!David!Gleicher.!!2012.!!Governance'for'Health'in'the'
21st'Century.!!Copenhagen,!Denmark:!WHO!Regional!Office!for!Europe.!!
Chapter!5,!Smart!Governance!for!Health!and!Well-Being,!pp.!50-80!and!
Chapter!6,!New!Governance!for!Health,!pp.!81-89.!!
!
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PHS!879!Syllabus!
13!
Due!12/10!
Blog!Post:! How!do!cultural!attitudes!and!the!political!environment!affect!the!ability!
of!the!Wisconsin!Department!of!Agriculture,!Trade!and!Consumer!
Protection!to!enforce!current!policies!restricting!the!sale!of!
unpasteurized!(“raw”)!milk?!
!
! Wisconsin!Department!of!Agriculture,!Trade,!and!Consumer!Protection.!!
2011.!!Report'of'the'Raw'Milk'Policy'Working'Group.!
!
! Barrett,!Rick.!!2015.!!State!Punishes!Durand!Farm!Responsible!for!Large!
Raw!Milk!Outbreak.!!Milwaukee'Journal'Sentinel,!19!February.!!
http://www.jsonline.com/business/state-punishes-durand-farm-
responsible-for-large-raw-milk-outbreak-b99448498z1-292762901.html!
Also:!http://www.jsonline.com/business/state-identifies-farms-tied-to-
two-raw-milk-illness-outbreaks-b99408042z1-285655971.html!
NOTE:!COPY!URLs!ABOVE!AND!PASTE!INTO!WEB!BROWSER!!!
!
Due!12/13!
Strategy!Memo:! Select!a!public!health!issue!and!identify!the!most!important!challenges!
facing!the!principal!governmental!agency!responsible!for!policy!
implementation!and!administration!in!that!issue!area.!!How!could!the!
agency!do!a!better!job,!and!what!are!the!steps!that!could!be!taken!to!
help!it!do!so?!!!
!
Due!12/20!
Case!Study:! Final!case!study!paper!with!abstract,!timeline!of!key!events,!and!list!of!
references!is!due!via!submission!to!Canvas.!
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