Public Policy Positions

In our business, we are driven by a common purpose: to enhance the health and well-being of the people we serve around the world. Around the world, we support public policy that reinforces this idea and like-minded organizations whose work reflects our interests.

In the United States, here are some of the issues we have supported:

Enhancing access for limited income and uninsured people
Health care reform
Disclosing funding to physicians
Incentives for programs in wellness and prevention
Strong and healthy Food and Drug Administration
Preserving and creating jobs
Enhancing infrastructure under stimulus legislation
Climate change legislation to reduce greenhouse gases
Pathway to license biosimilar medicines
Enhanced comparative effectiveness research
Passage of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

On these and other issues we work in collaboration with many coalitions and partnerships. Some of the groups we partner with include:

Healthcare Leadership Council
The Rand Corporation – RAND Compare project
CEO Cancer Gold Standard
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
21st Century Coalition for Patent Reform
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund
Carbon Disclosure Project
U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP).

For more information about our positions and programs, click here.