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Question

Identify a health policy that impacts access, programs, funding, or structure in the area of health care in the United States. Discuss how stakeholders, such as consumers, small and large employers, insurers, providers, and industry interest groups are affected or influenced by the policy. If otherwise disenfranchised consumers are protected by the policy, discuss how this may be or why the policy is necessary. In your research of the history of the policy, comment on how the issue has developed through the legislative process, political issues and the role interest groups have played in the evolution of the policy throughout the process. Conclude your essay with a comment regarding the relative benefit of the policy in health care today.