Transcript Legislative Update - American College of Preventive Medicine

Corporate Roundtable
Legislative Update
Paul Bonta
Associate Executive Director
Policy and Government Affairs
ACPM
February 24, 2012
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ACPM 2012 Legislative Priorities
2012 Congressional Agenda
Impact of Elections on 2012 Agenda
Future Funding Outlook
Signs of Regular Order?
2012 Legislative Priorities
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Federal funding for PMR training programs
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Protect the PPHF
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Improve access/utilization of clinical
preventive services
Federal funding for PMR
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Engage Legislative branch officials
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Engage Executive branch officials (OMB)
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Engage Administrative branch officials (HHS)
Federal Funding for PMR
Outcome:
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New initiative to expose preventive medicine
residents to evidence-based integrative
medicine curricula
Protect the PPHF
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Work with likeminded stakeholder
organizations
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Work with national public health and
prevention-focused coalitions
Protect the PPHF
Outcome:
Congressional Record
February 16, 2012
“As I said, Americans get it. Here is a
letter from the American College of
Preventive Medicine urging us to oppose
taking any money, to diverting
any money from the Prevention and
Public Health Fund.” - Sen. Tom Harkin
Improve access/utilization of
clinical preventive services
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Educate partner groups in organized medicine
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Educate officials at HHS
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Educate consumers
Improve access/utilization of
clinical preventive services
Outcome:
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Webinar series with National Forum for Heart
Disease and Stroke Prevention
Partnership with Careverge
ACPM Policy Activities
Require
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Collaborate and reach out to stakeholder
organizations
Collaborate, participate and convene national
coalitions
Engage across all branches of gov’t
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Legislative process
Administrative rule making process
2012 Congressional Agenda
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Defined by 2012 elections
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No substantive policy actions after June ‘12
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Stymied by entrenched partisanship
2012 Elections
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Campaigns to begin to overshadow
congressional work
Parties in Congress work with respective
nominee on party platform
District office over Washington office
No Substantive Policy Actions
After June 2012
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First lesson in Congress is still alive and well
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Need to campaign trumps need to legislate
Stymied by Entrenched
Partisanship
“The Democrats seem to be basically nicer to
people, but they have demonstrated time and
again that they have the management skills of
celery. They’re the kind of people who’d stop to
help you change a flat, but would somehow
manage to set your car on fire. I would be
reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let
alone the economy…
Cont’d
Republicans, on the other hand, would know
how to fix your tire, but they wouldn’t bother
to stop because they’d want to be on time
for Ugly Pants Night at the Country Club.”
– Dave Berry
Impact of Elections on 2012
Agenda
Impact of Elections on 2012
Agenda
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Campaigns
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Campaigns
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Campaigns
Impact of Elections on 2012
Agenda
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GOP convention – Aug. 2012
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Dem convention – Sept. 2012
Future Funding Outlook?
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3 ways to increase revenue
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Taxes
Spending cuts
Improved economy
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Sequester?
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Continued divided government?
Signs of Regular Order?
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Appropriators and authorizers want their mojo
back
Signs of Regular Order?
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Appropriators are voicing opposition to a
continued ban on earmarks
Authorizers are actively working to move
several major reauthorization bills
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PDUFA - Prescription Drug User Fee Act
MDUFMA - Medical Device User Fee and
Modernization Act
ADUFA - Animal Drug User Fee Act
GDUFA - Generic Drug User Fee Act
Questions?
Paul Bonta
Associate Executive Director
Policy and Government Affairs
ACPM
[email protected]
202-466-2044