{"id":34150,"date":"2020-08-02T04:44:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T04:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=34150"},"modified":"2021-02-08T05:52:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T05:52:05","slug":"policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How a firm operates.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A course of action adopted and pursued by a government body or other organization.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A course of action adopted and pursued by a government, party, statesman, or other individual or organization; any course of action adopted as proper, advantageous or expedient. The Congress makes policy principally by writing legislation and conducting oversight activities. The term is sometimes used less actively, to describe any stated position on matters at issue, i.e., an organization&#8217;s policy statement on national health insurance. 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