Week 6 Discussion 1: Pharmaceuticals and Behavioral Health

initial Post

Select one of the following topics to write about in your initial post. Please make it clear which topic you chose to write about in your initial post. Write 500 to 750 words related to:

• Pharmaceuticals: What two public policies have been recently proposed or adopted to support proper access to medications for all consumers, fair pricing, and reasonable regulation of new drugs coming to market? Who are the private and public stakeholders? Name some organizations advocating for policy changes.
• Behavioral Health: What two public policies have been recently proposed or adopted to improve access to behavioral health services and treatment? Who are the private and public stakeholders? Name some organizations pushing for policy changes.

Please include at least two references for your initial post. One reference must be from this week’s learning materials, and one must have been published within the past two years.

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Replies

Reply to at least two of your classmates. In each of your replies, include new information related to your peers initial post or the topic. Each reply should be 200 to 400 words. You should cite one to two sources in your reply posts that add new information in response to your classmates post, with at least one of those sources from the Week 6 learning materials.