New Health Care Act Reframes Nation's Commitment to Public Health, But Are We "Swimming Upstream?"
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
The current issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, provides a definitive analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which is now under fire as unconstitutional exercise of federal power. According to the authors of "Swimming Upstream? Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Cultural Ascendancy of Public Health," the act provides the first true opportunity to elevate the nation's commitment to the most critical elements of public health - disease prevention, wellness promotion, and population-based interventions.