1. What is the role of government in regulating behavior and providing resources? Support your answer.

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1. What is the role of government in regulating behavior and providing resources? Support your answer.

The role of the government (federal and state) in regulating health care behaviour and resources is divided. Historically, the “states created the federal government and granted to the federal government specific, but limited, powers over matters deemed to be national in scope, such as national defense, foreign policy, and creating a national currency and postal system. Health care is not mentioned in the U.S. constitution. Each state government has the general power to protect the health, safety, morals and order of the population within its geographic boundaries–this is known as the “police power.” The police power gives the states very broad authority to pass many kinds of laws to protect the health and safety of its residents, as long as the laws do not interfere with the rights of individuals that are guaranteed by the constitution” (http://dcc2.bumc.bu.edu/RussianLegalHealthReform/ProjectDocuments/n340.II.I.Bkgd.pdf ).

Together, they play a role in regulating behavior and human resources (e.g., qualifications, quality measures and inspections and public safety) and financial resources, to name a few.

In terms of regulating human resources, they impact such things as the supply of medical practitioners and the quality of practitioners. In one study …