Discuss and analyze in depth the three phases of policy-making, identify the stakeholders that are involved at each level, and assess the issues that might be present. Be sure to also explain how the stages are interrelated.

The creation of health policy is complicated. There are many stakeholders, issues, concerns, and politics that play a role in the process. Read the foundation for this process and the many contextual aspects of it. You will be examining the stakeholders in policy making and the process of policy formulation. While policy is created at all levels of government, you will focus on the federal government.