The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement has been focused on the subject of dependable resources for population health since its inception in 2013. On December 7, 2017, the roundtable convened a workshop to explore tax policy as it relates to advancing population health, health equity, and economic prosperity. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.


Table of Contents


Front Matter
1 Introduction
2 Understanding the Basics of Tax Policy and State Budgets
3 Creating a Pipeline of Financing for Population Health: Exploring
Sin Taxes and Tax Credits
4 Designing Sound Population Health Tax Policy: Small Group
Activity
5 Informing Sound Population Health Tax Policy in the Current
Environment
6 Reflections on the Day
Appendix A: References
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
Appendix C: Small Group Exercise Materials
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and
Moderators