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Those efforts, the groups say, could never overcome Republican opposition to raising taxes, even one targeted at smokers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The library at the University of California, San Francisco houses previously secret tobacco company documents made public as part of a historic industry settlement. There, professor of medicine and tobacco researcher \u003ca title=\"http://cancer.ucsf.edu/people/glantz_stanton.php\" href=\"http://cancer.ucsf.edu/people/glantz_stanton.php\" target=\"_blank\">Stan Glantz\u003c/a> points to a series of state-sponsored anti-smoking ads that parody the well-known Marlboro Cowboy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One is a cowboy looking at his horse saying, 'Chemotherapy scares me Scout,'\" he described. \"Another one is two cowboys riding off into the sunset saying, 'I miss my lung Bob.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the 1990s, billboards like these blanketed the state. 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So ads like the cancer-stricken cowboys are rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you're running a tobacco control program, especially a media campaign, if you have the world’s best ads and not enough money for people to see them, they don’t work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With tens of millions of dollars going into the fight over the tobacco tax measure, it’s unlikely any California voter could avoid ads this election season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Learn More \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>To see how California's cigarette rates compare to other states, visit KQED's \u003ca title=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/lowdown/2012/05/18/prop-29-should-smoking-in-california-be-more-expensive/\" href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/lowdown/2012/05/18/prop-29-should-smoking-in-california-be-more-expensive/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lowdown.\u003c/a> The blog has non-partisan links to voter information, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5876\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/Screen-Shot-2012-05-17-at-2.30.27-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-5876\" title='Yes, a candy named \"Toxic Waste\" was recalled. (Image: California Department of Public Health)' src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/Screen-Shot-2012-05-17-at-2.30.27-PM-300x272.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, a candy named \"Toxic Waste\" was recalled. (Image: California Department of Public Health)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Lyssa Rome\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like that, the number of children at risk for lead poisoning jumped five-fold yesterday as the Centers for Disease Control announced that it cut its threshold for lead poisoning diagnosis in half. The new diagnosis will occur at five micrograms per deciliter of blood. The former threshold was 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health advocates have worked to alert the public to the risks of lead in paint, toys and even jewelry. But lead can also be found in – of all things tempting to children – \u003cem>candy\u003c/em>. Candy with high levels of lead may not taste unusual. In fact, some kinds of lead even taste sweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lead is a major environmental health risk. It affects almost every system in the body, including the brain and other organs, but the symptoms aren’t always obvious. For children, exposure to even minute quantities of lead can cause long-term\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>developmental problems, including lower IQ, and the damage may not be reversible.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“It is not entirely clear where the lead in many of the products is coming from.”\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/DEFAULT.aspx\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/DEFAULT.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">California’s Department of Public Health \u003c/a>began testing candy for lead in 2007 and has done 5,700 tests since. Over the years, it has \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/data/Documents/fdbLiCLiC07.pdf\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/data/Documents/fdbLiCLiC07.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">issued warnings\u003c/a> [PDF] not to eat 188 different sweets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of those candies are imported, mainly from four countries: Mexico, Malaysia, China and India. That’s where the candies come from, but what about the lead itself?\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not entirely clear where the lead in many of the products is coming from,” says Patrick Kennelly, the chief of the \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages/FDB%20Food%20Safety%20Program.aspx\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages/FDB%20Food%20Safety%20Program.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">California Department of Public Health’s Food Safety Section\u003c/a>. “But products containing tamarind or mined sources of salt from certain regions of the world may have a higher likelihood of having elevated levels of lead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candies with chili powder may also have high lead levels, according to the \u003ca title=\"http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/foodcontaminantsadulteration/metals/lead/ucm172050.htm#lead\" href=\"http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/foodcontaminantsadulteration/metals/lead/ucm172050.htm#lead\" target=\"_blank\">Food and Drug Administration\u003c/a>. One source of lead could be contaminated dirt in the fields where the peppers are grown. If the peppers are not thoroughly washed, the lead remains. Drying and processing the spice might also introduce high concentrations of lead. Other potential sources of lead in candy include the machinery used in the manufacturing process, candy packaging, and ink on wrappers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first four months of 2012, the Department of Public Health has issued advisories about Vagabundo brand lollipops from Mexico and nine different types of sesame candies from India and Pakistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little over a year ago, the department recalled the \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/NR11-009.aspx\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/NR11-009.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Toxic Sludge brand’s Nuclear Waste Chew Bars\u003c/a>. Some of the candies had more than twice the acceptable amount of lead in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health officials worry about even small amounts of lead because, according to Kennelly, “There is no known safe blood lead level.” High levels of lead in the blood are especially dangerous for infants, children under the age of six, and pregnant women and their fetuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the DPH, in 2010, the most recent year for which data is available, nearly 2,300 California children tested positive for lead levels high enough to cause harm. With the new lead standards announced yesterday nearly 25,000 kids in California may have lead poisoning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2005, the Orange County Register uncovered the problem of lead in Mexican candies in its investigative series \u003ca title=\"http://www2.ocregister.com/investigations/2004/lead/\" href=\"http://www2.ocregister.com/investigations/2004/lead/\" target=\"_blank\">Toxic Treats\u003c/a>. The Register profiled Javier Bonilla of La Habra. He tested positive for lead poisoning and the source was tamarind candies that came in clay pots. His mother, Gloria Bonilla, told the Register, \"If I had known, I wouldn't have given them to him.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maria Perez of Sacramento, whose son’s blood levels were three times the CDC’s threshold at the time, told the Register, “If the candy has lead, they should make sure it doesn't come here. ... What else has to be done?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the series ran, the state legislature \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/services/Documents/fdb%20LiC%20AB121%20Ch%20707%202005.pdf\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/services/Documents/fdb%20LiC%20AB121%20Ch%20707%202005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">passed a law \u003c/a>directing the DPH to regularly test candy for lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its \u003ca title=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages/FDB%20Lead%20In%20Candy%20Program.aspx\" href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages/FDB%20Lead%20In%20Candy%20Program.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Lead in Candy\u003c/a> program, the DPH collects a wide range of candies from store shelves and tests them for lead. To prevent candies with high lead levels from reaching consumers, the DPH works with manufacturers on voluntary recalls and distributes health alerts to the public and local health departments. Store owners who knowingly sell candy laced with lead face fines of up to $500 per violation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the recent recalls have shown, “the problem still exists,” says Kennelly. “But the level of lead contamination CDPH finds in candies appears to have reduced slightly over the years.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>By \u003ca title=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/blogs/john-gonzales\" href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/blogs/john-gonzales\" target=\"_blank\">John Gonzales\u003c/a>, \u003ca title=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/blog/bridge-health-reform-“undoable”-san-luis-obispo881\" href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/blog/bridge-health-reform-%E2%80%9Cundoable%E2%80%9D-san-luis-obispo881\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Health Reporting\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5861\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/SanLuisObispo_SteveWilson_Flickr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-5861\" title=\"San Luis Obispo County. (Steve Wilson: Flickr)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/SanLuisObispo_SteveWilson_Flickr-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"San Luis Obispo County. (Steve Wilson: Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Luis Obispo County. (Steve Wilson: Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California's \u003ca title=\"http://www.kff.org/medicaid/8197.cfm\" href=\"http://www.kff.org/medicaid/8197.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">\"Bridge to Reform\u003c/a>\" program is intended to do exactly that: provide a bridge to the 2014 roll-out of the \u003ca title=\"http://www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html\" href=\"http://www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Affordable Care Act\u003c/a>. Right now, 47 of California's 58 counties have already provided health care to more than 335,000 people. San Luis Obispo is a case study in one county that is not participating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have reported on the Bridge to Reform, also known as the Low Income Health Program, since its early phases. I was the reporter on our \u003ca title=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/bridge-health-care-reform-strained-kern\" href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/bridge-health-care-reform-strained-kern\" target=\"_blank\">first piece\u003c/a>, which looked at Kern County’s efforts to build the bridge.\u003ca title=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/project/health-reform-redwood-country\" href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/project/health-reform-redwood-country\" target=\"_blank\"> A follow-up\u003c/a> examined the challenges of implementing the program in the far corners of Humboldt and Del Norte counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Luis Obispo, \u003ca title=\"http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/page8402.aspx\" href=\"http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/page8402.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Health Agency Director Jeff Hamm\u003c/a> said he made the decision to withdraw from participation reluctantly. For years, the county has slashed its health budget and outsourced its medical safety net.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It reached the point, Hamm said, of not having the start-up funds, or medical infrastructure, needed to implement the Bridge to Reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understood it would be good for a lot of people. We didn’t have the money,” said Hamm, whose county joins Fresno as a non-participant. “It was a big paradigm shift, a really big shift in terms of infrastructure, requirements for data collection, and processing. ... We’re talking a 150-page contract with the State of California. ... It became undoable for us.”\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an interesting perspective, particularly as nine other counties and the Rural Indian Health Board work to meet requirements of that 150-page contract so they can participate. The program offers the much-ballyhooed “free money” from the federal government -- in this case a 50 percent match on money a county spends providing health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, which advocates for expanded health coverage, found it hard to buy Hamm’s position. “There are obstacles, from resources, to politics, to bureaucratic inertia,” said Wright. “But this is just too good a deal to pass up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea is for counties to implement the Bridge to Reform ahead of a huge expansion in federally funded Medi-Cal coverage scheduled for 2014. The feds will pick up 90 percent of the cost as part of the Affordable Care Act. It could ultimately provide 1.9 million Californians health benefits they didn’t have before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wright admits that his perspective about the Bridget to Reform is shaped by his belief that the larger Medi-Cal expansion will indeed become reality in 2014. \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/03/28/court-considers-whether-entire-health-care-law-should-be-struck-down/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/03/28/court-considers-whether-entire-health-care-law-should-be-struck-down/\" target=\"_blank\">The Supreme Court, of course, could chart a new course\u003c/a>. Its ruling on health reform is expected in late June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court-watchers initially thought the Medicaid expansion would be upheld by the Supreme Court. \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/03/28/the-medicaid-expansion-in-california-analysis-reaction/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/03/28/the-medicaid-expansion-in-california-analysis-reaction/\" target=\"_blank\">But after oral arguments in March\u003c/a>, no one can read the judicial tea leaves. While we're waiting for the court's decision, it’s tough to decide if a county should, or should not, take the plunge and help build the Bridge to Reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is something very measureable in the 337,282 Californians already receiving coverage though the program.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5696\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/Phone_LisaAliferis-e1336600927960.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-5696\" title=\"State health agencies' call centers are doing a pretty good job, according to survey. \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/Phone_LisaAliferis-e1336600927960-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"State health agencies' call centers are doing a pretty good job, according to survey.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State health agencies' call centers are doing a pretty good job, according to survey.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That's a headline that gets your attention, right? It's somewhat unusual for an advocacy group to praise state agencies. But you see the ellipsis ... the complete story is more like this: The advocacy group \u003ca title=\"http://www.health-access.org/\" href=\"http://www.health-access.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Health Access\u003c/a> says four state health agencies are -- mostly -- doing a good job in customer service. It's still intriguing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health Access conducted a survey with an eye toward 2014 when the federal health care overhaul rolls out. Potentially millions of people will access health insurance for the first time and state health agencies are likely to be swamped with calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health Access says they wanted to establish a baseline of where the state is now. It used a \"mystery calling\" approach. A dozen people posing as consumers made more than 200 calls to four state agencies and asked common consumer questions, such as: \"How do I sign up for Medi-Cal?\" or \"My doctor referred me to a specialist, but I have to wait a long time. Can you help me?\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shoppers scored the calls according to how rapidly the calls were answered and how quickly they were transferred to a live person. And, as noted, \u003ca title=\"http://www.health-access.org/files/advocating/HAF.ConsumerAssistanceSurvey.pdf\" href=\"http://www.health-access.org/files/advocating/HAF.ConsumerAssistanceSurvey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the results\u003c/a> were pretty good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When wondering how to sign up for coverage or frustrated when dealing with an insurer, Californians should know that they can and will get help they need form key state agencies,\" said Anthony Wright, Health Access California's Executive Director in a call with reporters. \"Surveyors mostly got the help they needed and in a timely and accurate manner.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, there's that \u003cem>\"\u003c/em>mostly.\" More on that in a moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifty calls were made to each of four agencies: the \u003ca title=\"http://www.dmhc.ca.gov/\" href=\"http://www.dmhc.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Managed Health Care\u003c/a>; the\u003ca title=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/\" href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\"> Department of Insurance\u003c/a>; the \u003ca title=\"http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Pages/default.aspx\" href=\"http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Health Care Services \u003c/a>(which oversees Medi-Cal) and at the \u003ca title=\"http://www.mrmib.ca.gov/\" href=\"http://www.mrmib.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board\u003c/a> (which runs the Healthy Families program, among others).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health Access says this survey was not a scientific sample, but gives a snapshot of successes and challenges. 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So Health Access used Medicare and Social Security times for call response and transfer to a live person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlights from the survey include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The four agencies averaged 10 seconds to respond to a call\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Average wait time to reach a live person was less than five minutes, although most agencies averaged 2:20 minutes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>As for customer service (knowledge, promptness, accuracy) Health Access evaluators ranked the agencies an average of 3.7 on a scale of 1 to 5, with the best department scoring 4.3\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cp>The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) had a slightly longer response time -- 15 seconds versus the 10 desired -- but tied for first on overall customer service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement today, DMHC director Brent Barnhart said, \"The DMHC's top priority is to help Californians struggling with their health plan and is honored to be recognized for providing world class customer service. Health Access' report is timely given the fundamental reshaping of our health care delivery system currently underway and provides specific ways each agency can further improve its call centers operations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) which runs Medi-Cal had total wait times much longer than the other agencies reviewed. Forty-four percent of callers never reached a live person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Len Finocchio, Associate Director of DHCS, didn't shy away from the challenges. \"We take this all very seriously,\" he said, \"as to where we can make improvements, taking in into context all the other work we’re doing in the implementation of the \u003ca title=\"http://www.healthcare.gov/law/full/\" href=\"http://www.healthcare.gov/law/full/\" target=\"_blank\">Affordable Care Act\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To improve call center operations, Health Access recommends strategies that sound administrative but are nonetheless important: setting strong standards and tracking whether they are met -- something that doesn't exist now; regular evaluations; and dedication to \"world class\" customer service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then Health Access addresses some more basic challenges. First, even the designers of the survey -- sophisticated internet users who are also intimately familiar with the state health system had trouble just finding the right phone number to call. Health Access recommends prominent placement of the phone number on agency websites. \"The world's greatest call center will be of no use if you can't find the phone number,\" says Linda Leu, co-author of the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health Access also recommends the agencies improve access for people with limited English skills. Communities of color will likely make up a significant percentage of those obtaining insurance via the federal overhaul. 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It would not be an exaggeration to call it a carte blanche approval for the VA to continue to mishandle, mistreat, and stiff our veterans.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Handy, the President of VUFT, added: \"I should never underestimate the ability of our Courts to weave some rationale that leaves veterans out in the cold or on the street, homeless and destitute, without any recourse. It is no wonder that the suicide rate is so high.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[\u003ca title=\"http://veteransforcommonsense.org/\" href=\"http://veteransforcommonsense.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans for Common Sense\u003c/a>] Executive Director, Patrick Bellon, said “I was always taught our Constitution trumps statutes and that our Courts were our last bastions to preserve our liberties; today, that promise has proved hollow, and all I hear is the continuing echoes of men and woman in distress. We should all feel their pain. This day will be remembered as the day our country turned its back on our veterans. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5650\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/NoSmokingSign_DaveWhelan_Flickr_05072012.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-5650\" title=\"Could a public campaign against obesity help people in the same way anti-smoking campaigns have? (Dave Whelan: Flickr)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/NoSmokingSign_DaveWhelan_Flickr_05072012-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Could a public campaign against obesity help people in the same way anti-smoking campaigns have? (Dave Whelan: Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Could a public campaign against obesity help people in the same way anti-smoking campaigns have? (Dave Whelan: Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Expect to hear a lot about obesity prevention in the coming days. A \u003ca title=\"http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/themes/what-is-obesity\" href=\"http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/themes/what-is-obesity\" target=\"_blank\">four-part HBO documentary\u003c/a> about the obesity crisis debuts next week. Today, the Centers for Disease Control opened \u003ca title=\"http://www.weightofthenation.org/\" href=\"http://www.weightofthenation.org/\" target=\"_blank\">a major conference\u003c/a> examining strategies to help Americans with this significant health challenge. At a \u003ca title=\"http://www.ajpmonline.org/webfiles/images/journals/amepre/AMEPRE_33853-stamped2.pdf\" href=\"http://www.ajpmonline.org/webfiles/images/journals/amepre/AMEPRE_33853-stamped2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a> released this morning, researchers said obesity prevalence will increase about 33 percent in the next 20 years -- climbing from one-third of Americans affected now to a 42 percent rate by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And believe it or not 42 percent is good news -- that's down from the 50 percent estimated in prior years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite first lady Michelle Obama's \u003ca title=\"http://www.letsmove.gov/\" href=\"http://www.letsmove.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Let's Move\u003c/a> campaign and its greater attention on childhood obesity, many public health leaders are frustrated with slow progress and say more must be done. They call for a different approach, using strategies similar to those used in the anti-tobacco movement. It was only after anti-tobacco advocates embraced community-based activism that smoking rates began to drop from a high of 42 percent in the mid-1960s to just over 19 percent today, they say.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of approaching obesity as a personal issue, it needs to be redefined as a community challenge that calls for collective action and wide-ranging policy changes such as more informative food labels, limits on marketing to children, and taxes on unhealthy products, some public health experts argue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Health News published \u003ca title=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/May/07/health-affairs-care-increasingly-out-of-reach-for-millions.aspx\" href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/May/07/health-affairs-care-increasingly-out-of-reach-for-millions.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">a lengthy piece\u003c/a> examining the strategies and hurdles in adopting such action. State of Health excerpts from the article's eight points:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Children are central\u003c/strong>. The vast majority of people who use tobacco take up the habit as teenagers, and one-third of kids who smoke daily will eventually die prematurely of tobacco-related illnesses, according to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The health impact of obesity is similar: seriously overweight children are at greater risk of developing a multitude of health problems that can continue through adulthood, including diabetes, liver disease, heart disease, joint problems and asthma, and are more likely to become obese adults, a wide body of research has demonstrated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preventing harm to young people is a central goal of both anti-tobacco and anti-obesity campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Changing social norms is the goal\u003c/strong>. \u003ca href=\"http://whsc.emory.edu/home/about/leadership/bio-jeffrey-koplan.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Jeffrey Koplan\u003c/a>, former head of the CDC and vice president for global health at Emory University in Atlanta, remembers smoking a pipe while writing up patient notes at a prestigious New York hospital in the 1970s. (He gave up the habit more than 30 years ago.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, that would be inconceivable: Smoking rates have been cut by more than half, intolerance of smoking in public places is widespread and anti-smoking policies are in place at hospitals, workplaces, and venues across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koplan is convinced the same shift in social norms is called for -- and achievable -- when it comes to childhood obesity. \"Our (eating and physical activity) tastes, our preferences and our behaviors are learned and can be changed,\" he said. It isn’t going to be easy and it isn’t going to be fast, but \"we’re dealing with a population that would like to be thinner and that works in our favor,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We can’t just say no to food\u003c/strong>. \"Tobacco we can get rid of entirely. ... But we have to eat to live and make terms with food as the enemy,\" said Dr. David Katz, director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.yalegriffinprc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Yale University’s Prevention Research Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That makes curbing childhood obesity a much more complicated issue than tobacco use, Katz and other experts agree. The message to kids and their families can’t be \"stop, don’t do this,\" which is clear and easy to understand. Instead it has to be \"make good choices, do this in moderation, set boundaries,\" a message that is considerably more difficult to convey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There is no second-hand smoke equivalent\u003c/strong>. The American public was alarmed when it learned that the cigarette smoke non-smokers breathed in airplanes, bars and restaurants was dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The notion that my behavior as a smoker can have an effect on you and can make you sick was critically important in accelerating people’s intolerance of smoking and their willingness to see the government take action,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://publichealth.gsu.edu/722.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Eriksen\u003c/a>, director of the Institute of Public Health at Georgia State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no equivalent in the fight against obesity. \"Your being obese does not affect me in the same direct way,\" Eriksen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The role of industry is less clear\u003c/strong>. In the anti-tobacco fight, tobacco companies were painted as an enemy willing to lie and manipulate the American public for the sake of profits. In turn, the demonization of Big Tobacco -- made possible by bitterly fought lawsuits and the release of thousands of company documents -- cultivated a common sense of threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, public health advocates aren’t willing to turn food and beverage into enemies in the fight against obesity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With obesity (as compared to tobacco), there’s a much more nuanced relationship with industry,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://www.rwjf.org/about/staffbio.jsp?id=980\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. James S. Marks\u003c/a>, director of the health group at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Food and beverage manufacturers, restaurants, and grocery stores all have a vital role to play in making healthier food more widely available, he noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We can’t regulate our way out of this,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://healthyamericans.org/pages/?id=67\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Levi\u003c/a>, executive director of the Trust for America’s Health. \"We need to work with industry cooperatively to help change consumers’ tastes and habits.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others are much less certain that the food and beverage industry can be trusted to be helpful partners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some companies are making huge profits off obesity,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://www.urban.org/bio/StanDorn.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stan Dorn\u003c/a>, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a public policy research center in Washington, D.C., \"and I worry that people who are focused on anti-obesity strategies aren’t being tough enough on them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Learn More from KQED's Quest:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cembed src=\"//ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player/player.swf\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"&bandwidth=2841&controlbar=over&dock=false&file=602a_kidsheart.flv&image=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.kqed.org%2Fquest%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F04%2F602A_Mariah_Mitchell_smells_mint_12-7-11_GQ_resized.jpg&gapro.accountid=UA-1538528-1&gapro.height=360&gapro.pluginmode=FLASH&gapro.trackpercentage=true&gapro.trackstarts=true&gapro.tracktime=true&gapro.visible=true&gapro.width=640&gapro.x=0&gapro.y=0&plugins=gapro-1&skin=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.kqed.org%2Fquest%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fjw-player-plugin-for-wordpress%2Fskins%2Fglow.zip&streamer=rtmp%3A%2F%2Fkqed-flash02.streamguys.us%2Fquest%2F&viral.allowmenu=true&viral.bgcolor=0x333333&viral.fgcolor=0xffffff&viral.functions=embed&viral.matchplayercolors=true&viral.oncomplete=false&viral.pluginmode=FLASH\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The vast majority of people who use tobacco take up the habit as teenagers, and one-third of kids who smoke daily will eventually die prematurely of tobacco-related illnesses, according to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The health impact of obesity is similar: seriously overweight children are at greater risk of developing a multitude of health problems that can continue through adulthood, including diabetes, liver disease, heart disease, joint problems and asthma, and are more likely to become obese adults, a wide body of research has demonstrated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preventing harm to young people is a central goal of both anti-tobacco and anti-obesity campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Changing social norms is the goal\u003c/strong>. \u003ca href=\"http://whsc.emory.edu/home/about/leadership/bio-jeffrey-koplan.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Jeffrey Koplan\u003c/a>, former head of the CDC and vice president for global health at Emory University in Atlanta, remembers smoking a pipe while writing up patient notes at a prestigious New York hospital in the 1970s. (He gave up the habit more than 30 years ago.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, that would be inconceivable: Smoking rates have been cut by more than half, intolerance of smoking in public places is widespread and anti-smoking policies are in place at hospitals, workplaces, and venues across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koplan is convinced the same shift in social norms is called for -- and achievable -- when it comes to childhood obesity. \"Our (eating and physical activity) tastes, our preferences and our behaviors are learned and can be changed,\" he said. It isn’t going to be easy and it isn’t going to be fast, but \"we’re dealing with a population that would like to be thinner and that works in our favor,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We can’t just say no to food\u003c/strong>. \"Tobacco we can get rid of entirely. ... But we have to eat to live and make terms with food as the enemy,\" said Dr. David Katz, director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.yalegriffinprc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Yale University’s Prevention Research Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That makes curbing childhood obesity a much more complicated issue than tobacco use, Katz and other experts agree. The message to kids and their families can’t be \"stop, don’t do this,\" which is clear and easy to understand. Instead it has to be \"make good choices, do this in moderation, set boundaries,\" a message that is considerably more difficult to convey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There is no second-hand smoke equivalent\u003c/strong>. The American public was alarmed when it learned that the cigarette smoke non-smokers breathed in airplanes, bars and restaurants was dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The notion that my behavior as a smoker can have an effect on you and can make you sick was critically important in accelerating people’s intolerance of smoking and their willingness to see the government take action,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://publichealth.gsu.edu/722.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Eriksen\u003c/a>, director of the Institute of Public Health at Georgia State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no equivalent in the fight against obesity. \"Your being obese does not affect me in the same direct way,\" Eriksen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The role of industry is less clear\u003c/strong>. In the anti-tobacco fight, tobacco companies were painted as an enemy willing to lie and manipulate the American public for the sake of profits. In turn, the demonization of Big Tobacco -- made possible by bitterly fought lawsuits and the release of thousands of company documents -- cultivated a common sense of threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, public health advocates aren’t willing to turn food and beverage into enemies in the fight against obesity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With obesity (as compared to tobacco), there’s a much more nuanced relationship with industry,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://www.rwjf.org/about/staffbio.jsp?id=980\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. James S. Marks\u003c/a>, director of the health group at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Food and beverage manufacturers, restaurants, and grocery stores all have a vital role to play in making healthier food more widely available, he noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We can’t regulate our way out of this,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://healthyamericans.org/pages/?id=67\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Levi\u003c/a>, executive director of the Trust for America’s Health. \"We need to work with industry cooperatively to help change consumers’ tastes and habits.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others are much less certain that the food and beverage industry can be trusted to be helpful partners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some companies are making huge profits off obesity,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://www.urban.org/bio/StanDorn.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stan Dorn\u003c/a>, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a public policy research center in Washington, D.C., \"and I worry that people who are focused on anti-obesity strategies aren’t being tough enough on them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Learn More from KQED's Quest:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cembed src=\"//ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player/player.swf\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"&bandwidth=2841&controlbar=over&dock=false&file=602a_kidsheart.flv&image=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.kqed.org%2Fquest%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F04%2F602A_Mariah_Mitchell_smells_mint_12-7-11_GQ_resized.jpg&gapro.accountid=UA-1538528-1&gapro.height=360&gapro.pluginmode=FLASH&gapro.trackpercentage=true&gapro.trackstarts=true&gapro.tracktime=true&gapro.visible=true&gapro.width=640&gapro.x=0&gapro.y=0&plugins=gapro-1&skin=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.kqed.org%2Fquest%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fjw-player-plugin-for-wordpress%2Fskins%2Fglow.zip&streamer=rtmp%3A%2F%2Fkqed-flash02.streamguys.us%2Fquest%2F&viral.allowmenu=true&viral.bgcolor=0x333333&viral.fgcolor=0xffffff&viral.functions=embed&viral.matchplayercolors=true&viral.oncomplete=false&viral.pluginmode=FLASH\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5624\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/PIggyBankStethoscope_05042012.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-5624 \" title=\"Check the health of your savings account when you sign up for a high-deductible health plan. (401k_Flickr)\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2012/05/PIggyBankStethoscope_05042012-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"Check the health of your savings account when you sign up for a high-deductible health plan. (401k_Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Check the health of your savings account when you sign up for a high-deductible health plan. (401k: Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Health care costs are skyrocketing and premiums along with them forcing some employers -- especially small businesses -- to drop coverage altogether. But others are moving to \"high-deductible health plans.\" Five times as many businesses offer high deductible health plans as in 2005, according to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how do these plans play out for employers -- and workers themselves?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelley Weiss of the \u003ca title=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/more-small-businesses-try-high-deductible-health-plans874\" href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/more-small-businesses-try-high-deductible-health-plans874\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Health Reporting\u003c/a> found unpleasant surprises for both owners and employees. Six years ago, Casey Coonerty-Protti took over her family's business --\u003ca title=\"http://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/\" href=\"http://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/\" target=\"_blank\"> Bookshop Santa Cruz\u003c/a> -- a 46 year institution in the heart of downtown. Between the lagging economy and pressure from online books, maintaining a bookstore is not easy. Protti has struggled to continue to offer health insurance. When she started, her company offered a $2,000 deductible, but she's had to steadily increase the amount of the deductible to $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Weiss' report:\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“So we’re putting in high-deductible plans and we’re saving absolutely nothing from it,” Protti says. “We’re actually increasing our costs to provide a lesser service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another small business owner has a different perspective on high-deductible health plans. Anne Lesemann is the co-owner of \u003ca href=\"http://www.campbowwow.com/hb/us/ca/rosevillehb/\" target=\"_blank\">Home Buddies\u003c/a>, a pet care service in the Sacramento area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says her company will spend less than $4,000 this year to cover insurance for herself, the other owner and one employee. For her business, she says, that’s not too bad. But when she thinks of it like a patient, she admits the $5,000 deductible doesn’t look so good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The high deductible plans were marketed as something that would make me a savvy consumer about health care. But that hasn’t occurred,” Lesemann says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though she knows better, Lesemann has been delaying going to the doctor because she doesn’t trust what’s covered and what’s not. Lesemann learned this over the years by having a variety of high-deductible health plans. 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