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29 Health Law. 1 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/healaw29 and id is 1 raw text is: IN TIS IS$UEF Zika Funding and Partisan Politics ....................... 1 Chair's Column....................... 2 Third Party Payments of Qualified Health Plan Prmims......... ............. ....... Section News...................... 27 Make a Difference in the Lives of Cancer Survivors Through the Section's Breast Cancer Task Forcem ....................... 28 Health Hackers: Questioning the Sufficiency of Remedies When Medical Information is Compromised ..................... 29 Section Calendar ......Back Cover ZITKA FUNDING ANDARISAN POLITICS Janet L. Dotgin, Esq.* Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor HeAth tCare Law Maurice A_ Deane School of Law at Hositra University Professor of Science Education Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine Hempstead, NY Introduction In 2014, Congress responded effectively to the threat of art Egbola epidemic's emergence within the United Stares. A year-and-a-haf later, it failed to respond similarly to the threat presented by the Zika virus. In late 2014, Congress appropriated $5.4 bilion in etergency funding to corn- bat: EIola. In contrast, congressional paralysis, grounded in partisan politics, precluded a similar legislative response to President Obama's request: in February 2016 for $1.9 billion in emergency funds to combat Zika.4 In short, the con- gressional response to Ebola reflected a coalescence of concern that displaced partisan politics. Congress's response to the risk posed by the Zika virus reflected broad ideological disagree- ments and a delay that could have proved, andi may still prove, harmful to the health of the population. This article sunmarizes the threat that Zika poses to public health. It reviews governmental action thar would likely limit that threat and then delineates Congress's failure to appro- priat:e funding to combat Zika in the months between the administration's request for such finding and the sum- mer of 2016. The art icle focuses on Congress's readiness to stymie funding for a national response to Zika by dis- placing cooperation with sectarian politics. That such did not occur in 2014 -- when Congress voted expedi- tiously to fund responses to Ebola - may reflect the extraordinary level of national concern evoked by nedia presentations of Ebola, as compared with those of Zika in 2016,6 a harden- ing of sectarian positions in the intervening two years, or both. Zika: Uncertainties and Facts: the Risks of Zika to Public Health Significant uncertainty surrounds tIe emergence and spread of the Zika virus. It has proven difficult to pre- dict where the virus will likely appear over time.8 Further, individuals in areas with Zika-infected mosquitoes are sometimes infected but exhibit no symptoms. A small percentage of tiose infected with the virus develop serious conditions, including Guillan- Barre Syndrome.' It is uncear who will be affected this way or why. 'Tere is uncertainty about the relation continued on. page 3 Volume 29, Number 1, October 2016 HIM JL _mL LjVLT_'A'_ A- m A IBM= W- A AW Y L

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