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- Title
Public Health and Politics: Using the Tax Code to Expand Advocacy.
- Authors
Gorovitz, Eric
- Abstract
The article discusses the political aspects of public health in America as of 2017, and it mentions the author's call for the use of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (the Code) to expand public health advocacy. According to the article, various types of organizations are exempt from federal income taxation under the Code. Charity-related tax benefits are examined, along with lobbying, public policy, public health advocates, and elections in America.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PUBLIC health &; politics; UNITED States. Internal Revenue Code; SOCIAL advocacy; CHARITIES; LOBBYING; INCOME tax; TAX exemption; TAXATION; NONPROFIT organization laws; UNITED States tax laws; PUBLIC health laws; PUBLIC health; HEALTH policy; POLITICAL participation; GOVERNMENT regulation; CONSUMER activism
- Publication
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2017, Vol 45, p24
- ISSN
1073-1105
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1073110517703313