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During his highly anticipated address to Congress, President Barack Obama announced that health care is one of three priority areas for his administration as part of the economic stimulus recovery efforts. This signifies “a historic commitment to comprehensive health care reform, a down payment on the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American,” he said. “Let there be no doubt: Health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year. Our recovery plan makes the largest investment ever in preventive care, because that’s one of the best ways to keep our people healthy and our costs under control.”
The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) stands at the forefront of the prevention agenda with a yearlong push into its three current priority areas in urban health including strengthening systems that promote the public’s health and preventing disease. Our participation in initiatives such as the New York State Prevention Agenda, which promotes community based planning and action to tackle the top ten causes of death and disease in New York State, and the Strategic Alliance for Health, a five-year plan in partnership with the NYC DOHMH and key community based organizations in East Harlem, Central Harlem and the South Bronx to decrease tobacco use and improve local opportunities for physical activity and healthy nutrition, allow us to be deeply involved in prevention at the City and State level. On a national level our research contributed to Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) Prevention for a Healthier America report, which made available, for the first time, a Return on Investment (ROI) analysis of community based prevention of tobacco use and promotion of healthy eating and exercise.
On February 18 Governor Paterson came to NYAM to explain his priority focus on assuring significant investments in prevention and primary care for health care spending in New York State including funding from the stimulus package that begins the President’s investment in health system reform. “Prevention is the most underutilized benefit in the healthcare system that we have,” said Governor Paterson. “It has a dual effect. It not only reduces the tendency of untreated people to develop severe illnesses; it also saves money”. The Governor’s agenda is consistent with that of President Obama.
NYAM is pleased to continue its role as a trusted source for advocates, policy makers, elected officials and the public looking to solve and address critical urban health issues, as it has done for the past 161 years. “Prevention in health care is critical now and in the future to manage illness effectively and eventually avoid the human and financial cost of chronic disease and unnecessary hospitalization and emergency care,” said NYAM President, Jo Ivey Boufford, MD. “Investment in community based and individual prevention helps to rebalance our health care system and NYAM will continue to contribute to this agenda that actively and positively affects the lives of people in cities.”
Posted on February 27, 2009
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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