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Exploring Tax Policy to Advance Population Health, Health Equity, and Economic Prosperity: A Workshop

Completed

On December 7, 2017 the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement held a 1-day, public workshop in Oakland, California to address the use of tax policies to channel resources and shape economic incentives affecting population health. The workshop began with a “tax policy 101” overview. Other presentations and discussion ranged from design of tax policies to advance a range of health and economic goals, to practical conditions that affect the use of tax policy in particular contexts.

Description


An ad hoc committee will plan and convene a one-day public workshop that will: (1) define how tax policies have been used to channel resources and shape economic incentives that affect population health, with attention to the basic features of taxes (such as on tobacco, etc.), as well as tax breaks (such as for low-income housing, etc.); (2) summarize the current state of knowledge regarding how various kinds of tax policies affect population health, equity, and economic prosperity; (3) examine several examples to discuss how tax policies can be designed both to attract willing investors and to advance a range of health and economic goals, while also noting any insights about pitfalls to avoid; and (4) identify the practical conditions that either enable or impede the use of tax policy in particular contexts, including critical capacities that are needed to assure more dependable resources for health and well-being across sectors (e.g., education, housing, economic development).
The committee will develop the agenda and identify meeting objectives, select appropriate speakers, and moderate the discussions.A proceedings and a proceedings in brief of the presentations and discussion at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

Collaborators

Committee

Ella Auchincloss

Member

Kathy Gerwig

Member

Alan Gilbert

Member

Jeremie Greer

Member

Jim Hester

Member

Giridhar Mallya

Member

Bobby Milstein

Member

Sponsors

Abbott Laboratories

Aetna Foundation

California Endowment

GE

Health Partners

Kaiser Permanente

Kresge Foundation

Nemours

New York State Health Foundation

Private: For Profit

Private: Non Profit

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Staff

Darla Thompson

Lead

Alina Baciu

Lead

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