Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Advocacy
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 Continue Reading …
The Ballot or the Wallet
Voting is one of the quintessential aspects of citizenship in the United States. Yet, on average, fewer than one in two physicians casts a vote in America. Physicians cast a ballot significantly less often than the general public or lawyers. Continue Reading …
Medicaid at the Polls
Five states – Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina – plan on skipping the Medicaid expansions available from the Affordable Care Act. If these states fail to act, nearly 4 million Americans will be denied coverage. The decision of Continue Reading …
Lighting It Up
This Fourth of July, light up a firecracker and not a cigarette. Cigarettes kill. But removing these dangerous products – or at least a common flavor that makes them more acceptable – seems far from likely. Tobacco products are responsible Continue Reading …
Advocacy for Sale?
Politics makes strange bedfellows. However, advocacy organizations should inform the public and policy makers about the financial relationships with for-profit entities with whom advocacy groups consort. Health advocacy organizations (HAOs) are typically organizations of prominent, trusted stakeholders who conduct campaigns Continue Reading …
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