2012 Year in Review (Part 3 of 4)

Health Policy

• FDA approval for the occurred in 2006. Since then, we have seen a brutal match between public health and legislators on policy over this vaccine. Although the science remains clear, some legislators remain adept at muddying the waters to placate their constituency.
• If you tax them, ? In Brazil, the increased taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages led to a drop in consumption in households.
• The Supreme Court was charged with deliberating. In essence, the healthcare cliff, for the majority of the ACA would fall like a deck of cards if the individual mandate was struck down. Luckily, the law received a reprieve from the high court.
• Once again, for study this time for its ability to increase surgical utilization of its minority populations.
• With varying degrees of physical education activity across schools in the US, those time than those schools in states with no or nonspecific policies.
• While full implementation of the ACA will likely create millions of jobs, in this population.
• While they both articulated that all Americans should have high quality health care, both Implementing the ACA and providing premium support for Medicare and Medicaid reflects the microeconomic principle of managed competition in health care.
• Besides gun control, in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The unfortunate events of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting brought back to life the l. Its no surprise with the US leading the world in civilian gun ownership, that its also home of the highest homicide rates.

by Nii Darko, DO, MBA and Renée Volny, DO, MBA