Exploring Tax Policy to Advance Population Health,
Health Equity, and Economic Prosperity:
A Workshop
December 7, 2017
AGENDA
Laurel Room, The California Endowment Oakland Conference Center 2000 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA
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1 To provide a common framework for discussion, a typology of tax policy is offered on page 1 of the attendee packet.
| 8:15 | Welcome Sanne Magnan, University of Minnesota; co-chair, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
| 8:25 | Framing Remarks: Key Points Bobby Milstein, ReThink Health; roundtable and planning committee member (Participant polling with Poll Everywhere) |
| 8:45 | Understanding the Basics of Tax Policy: Typology, Design Principles, Examples Moderator: Giridhar Mallya, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pete Davis, Davis Capital Investment Ideas |
| 9:30 | Q&A |
| 9:55 | Break |
| 10:10 | Understanding the Fiscal Environment of the State Budgets Moderator: Christopher M. Brown, PolicyLink Nick Johnson, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities |
| 10:30 | Q&A |
| 10:45 | Key Opportunities for Shaping Incentives and Creating a Pipeline of Financing Population Health: Exploring Sin Taxes and Population Health Tax Credits Moderator: Kathy Gerwig, Kaiser Permanente |
| 10:50 | Spotlight on Sin Taxes: Overview, Efficacy, Opportunity, and Unintended Consequences Moderator: Kathy Gerwig Aysha Pamukcu, ChangeLab Solutions Xavier Morales, The Praxis Project Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley |
| 11:45 | Q&A |
| 12:00 | Lunch (and Twitter Chat) |
| 1:00 | Spotlight on Tax Credits: A Paper Presentation, Exploring Potential Tax Credits to Finance Population Health Investments Moderator: Anne De Biasi, Trust for America’s Health Stacy Becker, ReThink Health |
| 1:45 | Q&A |
| 2:00 | Designing Sound Population Health Tax Policy: Small Group Work (assigned facilitator/rapporteur at each table) Moderator: Rose Marie Martinez, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| 2:35 | Break |
| 2:45 | Small Group Report Out and Debrief Moderator: Rose Marie Martinez |
| 3:15 | Informing Sound Population Health Tax Policy in the Current Environment Moderator: Alan Gilbert, General Electric Anne De Biasi |
| 3:50 | Q&A |
| 4:00 | Reflections on the Day and Closing Remarks George Isham, HealthPartners, HealthPartners Research Foundation, roundtable co-chair (Participant polling with Poll Everywhere) |
| 4:30 | Adjourn |
| Follow the conversation: #PopHealthRT nas.edu/pophealthrt | |
This workshop was organized by the following experts: Ella Auchincloss, ReThink Health; Kathy Gerwig, Kaiser Permanente; Alan Gilbert, GE Healthymagination; Jeremie Greer, Prosperity Now; James Hester, Population Health Systems; Giridhar Mallya, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and Bobby Milstein, ReThink Health. The planning committee’s role is limited to planning the workshop, and a proceedings based on the workshop will be prepared by an independent rapporteur.