273454 Public Health Implications of the Supreme Court Decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Ellen R. Shaffer, PhD MPH , EQUAL Healrh Network, Center for Policy Analysis, San Francisco, CA
     
The Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act raises important questions for public health regarding democracy and the prospects for transforming the health care system to provide equitable, quality. universal, affordable health care. The presentation will define key policies that could facilitate such a system, including more progressive financing for coverage. and increasing the government's leverage to negotiate or otherwise control health care prices, and evaluate how the ACA and the Court decision bear on prospects for progress.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
Identify key elements of an equitable, quality. universal, affordable health care. system, including progressive financing for coverage and increasing the government's leverage to negotiate or otherwise control health care prices. Discuss the influence of the Supreme Court decision on the ACA on prospects for progress towards such a system.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I frequently write and present on this topic
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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