What the paper will be about based on the stakeholder sheet:

stake▪holder (stâk’hô­l’dər), noun (Merriam-Webster, n.d.)

One who is entrusted with the stakes of bettors in a wager

One that has a share or an interest in a venture, business, or movement

One who is involved in or affected by a course of action

Health policy stakeholders can be defined in many ways. Depending on your individual perspective, one might use each of the definitions given above to describe the role of a stakeholder to healthcare policy.

Reference

Stakeholder. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. Retrieved November 10, 2018, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stakeholder

To prepare for this Discussion:

Find current, credible information about the stakeholder (e.g., from websites, journals, books etc.) to share with your colleagues. Topic is Professional association/special interest group

Briefly describe the healthcare policy stakeholder that you selected.

Expand on the role of the stakeholder that you selected by explaining their specific interests.

Describe how the stakeholder can influence healthcare policy. Be specific in terms of the focus of their policy efforts. Give an example.

Explain your role and interests as a stakeholder in healthcare policy.

Support your post with in-text citations and references from specific Learning Resources and at least one outside scholarly source.

What the paper will be about based on the stakeholder sheet:

Professional association/special interest group

Organization that advocates for and represents the interests of its members, such as the American Medical Association and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)