Kansas Health Institute | Information For Policy Makers. Health for Kansans.

Health policy can be affected by a number of factors, including political and personal beliefs; governmental structures and public opinion. This PowerPoint presentation from Mark A. Peterson, a professor of public policy and political science at the University of California-Los Angeles, outlines these factors and provides a historical context for today's health reform debates at the state and national levels. Peterson delivered this presentation to the Kansas Legislative Health Academy sponsored by the Kansas Health Institute on Nov. 8, 2009.