The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mentions “prevention” 233 times and “wellness” 91 times. On June 21, 2011, AAPS participated in a briefing held by the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom examining the implications of the various prevention and wellness provisions in the PPACA.
CCHF founder Twila Brase & AAPS President-elect Alieta Eck, M.D., discuss the law’s impact on the patient-doctor relationship, individual privacy, patient care, the employer-employee relationship, and the future of medicine as PPACA attempts to shift responsibility for prevention and wellness from individuals to practitioners and employers.
The Administration declared June 2011 to be the first-ever Prevention and Wellness Month. This briefing provides information on the broad prevention and wellness provisions enacted in PPACA – including a look at the monetary costs to taxpayers, and answers the question: “Who should be held responsible for preventing illness and keeping patients well”?
View the briefing video & other resources below.
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Additional Resources from Briefing:
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-Outline of PPACA requirements related to prevention and wellness & estimated costs:
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Prevention & Wellness in PPACA: Higher Costs for Taxpayers and Intrusions into Private Lives
-Outline of Dr. Alieta Eck’s remarks, “Prevention and Wellness – Who Should be Responsible?”
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Prevention and Wellness – Who Should be Responsible?
