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Corporate Roundtable Legislative Update. Paul Bonta Associate Executive Director Policy and Government Affairs ACPM February 24, 2012. ACPM 2012 Legislative Priorities 2012 Congressional Agenda Impact of Elections on 2012 Agenda Future Funding Outlook Signs of Regular Order?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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