University of Miami Local Public Health agencies Funding Discussion

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– Local Public Health agencies usually have to raise their own funding and can pretty much govern itself and do what it wants to do. State Public Health Agencies are usually funded and governed by state and federal government. Federal Public Health agencies are funded by tax dollars and run by government agencies. The Higher up they go the more government control and funding there is.

– Local public health agencies are normally self-funded, meaning that they take care of all of their expenses by theirselves. They also develop their own structure and function, so they do things their own way, on their own terms, relating to terms and hours. State public health agencies retains important roles followed by the government, meaning they are not allowed to make their own rules, as the local agencies are allowed to do. State agencies are allowed to administer Medicaid programs. The Federal public health agencies are governed by the government and have been justified by the Interstate Commerce Clause meaning that they are authorized to regulate commerce between the states. As the public health system go up higher, they more authority is overlooked and watched by the government.