Monning joins National Prevention Council Calif. roundtable

CALIF ASSEMBLYMAN MONNING

 

JUNE 14, 2012

 

BY: ROBERT CUTHBERT

Assemblyman Bill Monning

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State of Calif.

Assemblyman Bill Monning (D-Carmel), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Health, joined Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, in Sacramento, for the release of The National Prevention Council Action Plan Wednesday. At the Surgeon General’s invitation, Monning joined other state leaders in a roundtable discussion on how to implement the plan under the national Affordable Care Act.

Eat Healthy to Fight Diabetes

7 Amazing Super Foods To Fight Diabetes

By Lui B.

Diabetes can cut your life short but that doesn’t mean you can’t prevent it through positive lifestyle and disciplined approach. As a matter of fact, one’s risk for developing Type 2 diabetes can be significantly reduced by regular exercise, balanced diet and consistent weight monitoring. Among these three, getting a daily supply of a balanced diet is probably the most challenging not just because one’s cravings for sweets and fatty foods are sometimes hard to resist but because choosing the best foods to eat requires sufficient knowledge about the do’s and don’ts of diabetes diet management. For this reason, culinary medicine is bringing us a lot of food choices perfect for people who are either suffering from diabetes or at risk to get the disease. Here are seven of the most amazing diabetes super foods you can try (please take note that the foods listed below have been chosen because of their effectiveness and nutritional value, approved by medical experts around the globe):

Assemblyman Bill Monning: Affordable Care Act monumental step forward in health promotion

Assemblyman Bill Monning

What does the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding federal health care reform, the Affordable Care Act, portend for California and Californians?

Since being signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, portions of federal health care reform have been enacted and more than 350,000 young adult Californians under the age of 26 have qualified for health care coverage under a parent’s existing plan. Almost 11,000 individuals who were denied coverage by established plans because of a pre-existing medical condition have been enrolled in the Preexisting Condition Insurance Program. And, since 2010, young people under the age of 18 cannot be denied coverage due to a pre-existing condition; more than 350,000 Medicare enrollees have received up to $600 a year in assistance to buy prescription drugs [the doughnut hole]; more than 30,000 small business owners have used tax credits to help offset the costs of employer-sponsored health care coverage; and there are no lifetime caps or maximum limits on what health insurance will cover during the entire time you are enrolled in the plan. All of these benefits are already in effect in California.

State Lawmaker Hopes Hearing Strengthens Disease Prevention - capradio.org

California lawmakers convened a hearing in an effort to move state health policy towards prevention of illness, not just treatment of disease.



(Sacramento, CA)
Wednesday, March 07, 2012

California Assemblymember Bill Monning says the state needs to intervene in the troublesome trajectory of childhood obesity and preventable disease.

So he hopes the hearing exposes lawmakers to community-based wellness models that work, and can be applied on a large-scale. 

MONNING: "The problem is, prevention funding is often the last to come and the first to go, because many of the stakeholders in the healthcare system, they make their money treating disease and illness."

Monning says keeping society free of disease will require incentives for institutions, not just individuals.

California Lawmaker Says Regional Planning Key to Disease Prevention - capradio.org

(Sacramento, CA) 
Monday, December 12, 2011

Democratic Assemblymember Bill Monning says the projections for diseases such as diabetes are out of control, but local planning can change that.

MONNING:"If we get smarter in our growth and development we can also realize better public health and minimize some of the disparities in what we call social equity." 

This January, Monning hopes to move his bill that would create state guidelines for local governments and transportation planners.

The idea is to encourage them to consider public health when developing housing, roadways and business.

Supporters of the bill says that could help control rates of obesity, asthma and even depression for future generations.

MONNING: "We want to free our children from having adult lives dependent on medical management and they should be able to enjoy their adult lives learning, recreating, and contributing to their communities."

The state health guidelines would not be mandatory.

Is sugar actually poisonous?

Sugar in all its disguises, whether the refined stuff, honey or fructose syrup, is responsible for obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer, according to Dr. Robert Lustig, a professor at the University of California.

One expert has argued that sugar is harmful enough to be put in the same category as  alcohol and tobacco.

 
Women are recommended to have 25 g of sugar per day - a 20 fl. oz. bottle of Coca-Cola contains 65 g of sugar...

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More Money For California

Community Health Centers are Stronger: Community health centers work to improve the health of the nation by ensuring access to quality primary health care services. The health care law has helped community health centers serve millions of additional patients (Affordable Care Act, 2012).

California health centers received $15,074,998 in new grants in new grants to help serve 172,727 additional patients. Nationwide, these grants will ensure nearly 1.3 million more patients get high quality health care and will help support approximately 5,640 jobs. Learn more about these grants here. 

The Affordable Care Act's Prevention and Public Health Fund in California

The Prevention and Public Health Fund offers an unprecedented investment in promoting wellness, preventing disease, and protecting against public health emergencies.  Much of this work is done in partnership with States and communities.  The Affordable Care Act, the health care law of 2010, makes this funding possible.  

States and communities are using Prevention Fund dollars to:

• Increase public health programs’ effectiveness and efficiency
• Train the nation's public health workforce
• Fight health disparities

Learn more about this topic here.