273697 Public Health in Action: The Case of the Soda Tax in Richmond, CA

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

Jeff Ritterman, MD , Fit For Life, Richmond, CA
     
Healthy San Francisco is breaking new ground in expanding health care coverage to low-income and uninsured residents. The program generates new funding for health care coverage, in part through health assessments of employers. This presentation covers the program's development, scope of services and coverage, plans for development, and indications of success. The program addresses its administrative challenges, imaginatively devises their remedies, and implements innovations.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Administration, management, leadership
Diversity and culture
Other professions or practice related to public health
Program planning
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe San Francisco programs to expand access to health care. Identify the unique nature of the Healthy San Francisco program in requiring employers to contribute to the cost of health care. Discuss the effect of the Affordable Care Act on Healthy San Francisco.

Keywords: Access, Health Care Access

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to give this presentation on this material because: I am the author of the Richmond Soda Tax effort and I have expertise in the science supporting the effort. I am a cardiologist and have spent the last four years as a city councilmember. The combined experience has given me valuable insights into “translating” public health research into municipal policy.
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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