Policy Capacity Meets Politics; Comment on 'Health Reform Requires Policy Capacity'

Abstract

It is difficult to disagree with the general argument that successful health reform requires a significant degree of policy capacity or that all players in the policy game need to move beyond self-interested advocacy. However, an overly broad definition of policy capacity is a problem. More important perhaps, health reform inevitably requires not just policy capacity but political leadership and compromise.

Keywords: Policy Capacity; Health Reform; Leadership; Health Politics