corporate roundtable legislative update

Corporate Roundtable Legislative Update

Paul BontaAssociate Executive Director

Policy and Government AffairsACPM

February 24, 2012

ACPM 2012 Legislative Priorities 2012 Congressional Agenda Impact of Elections on 2012 Agenda Future Funding Outlook Signs of Regular Order?

2012 Legislative Priorities

Federal funding for PMR training programs

Protect the PPHF

Improve access/utilization of clinical preventive services

Federal funding for PMR

Engage Legislative branch officials

Engage Executive branch officials (OMB)

Engage Administrative branch officials (HHS)

Federal Funding for PMR

Outcome:

New initiative to expose preventive medicine residents to evidence-based integrative medicine curricula

Protect the PPHF

Work with likeminded stakeholder organizations

Work with national public health and prevention-focused coalitions

Protect the PPHF

Outcome:

Congressional RecordFebruary 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

Educate partner groups in organized medicine

Educate officials at HHS

Educate consumers

Improve access/utilization of clinical preventive services

Outcome:

Webinar series with National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke PreventionPartnership with Careverge

ACPM Policy Activities Require

Collaborate and reach out to stakeholder organizations

Collaborate, participate and convene national coalitions

Engage across all branches of gov’t Legislative process Administrative rule making process

2012 Congressional Agenda

Defined by 2012 elections

No substantive policy actions after June ‘12

Stymied by entrenched partisanship

2012 Elections

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

First lesson in Congress is still alive and well

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

1. Campaigns

2. Campaigns

3. Campaigns

Impact of Elections on 2012 Agenda

GOP convention – Aug. 2012

Dem convention – Sept. 2012

Future Funding Outlook?

3 ways to increase revenue Taxes Spending cuts Improved economy

Sequester?

Continued divided government?

Signs of Regular Order?

Appropriators and authorizers want their mojo back

Signs of Regular Order?

Appropriators are voicing opposition to a continued ban on earmarks

Authorizers are actively working to move several major reauthorization bills 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 BontaAssociate Executive Director

Policy and Government AffairsACPM

pbonta@acpm.org202-466-2044