PartI Setting the Stage: An Overview of Health Policy and Law Chapter1 Understanding the Role of and Conceptualizing Health Policy and Law Chapter2 Policy and the Policy Making Process Chapter3 Law and the Legal System Chapter4 Overview of the United States Healthcare System Chapter5 Public Health Institutions and Systems PartII Essential Issues in Health Policy and Law Chapter6 Individual Rights in Health Care and Public Health Chapter7 Social Determinants of Health and the Role of Law in Optimizing Health Chapter8 Understanding Health Insurance Chapter9 Health Economics in a Health Policy Context Chapter10 Health Reform in The United States Chapter11 Government Health Insurance Programs: Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare Chapter12 Healthcare Quality Policy and Law Chapter13 Public Health Preparedness Policy PartIII Basic Skills in Health Policy Analysis Chapter14 The Art of Structuring and Writing a Health Policy Analysis