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From: NACCHO Action Alert [mailto:mmail@...] On Behalf Of NACCHO Action Alert
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:06 PM
Subject: Save $3 billion for public health in stimulus bill

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February 9, 2009

Save $3 Billion for Public Health in Stimulus Bill

Last week's Senate compromise on economic stimulus legislation eliminated all $5.8 billion in proposed funding for prevention and public health. The House-passed stimulus bill proposed $3 billion, including $954 million for immunization, $545 for chronic disease prevention, $296 for the prevention block grant, and a flexible $500 million for other prevention programs.

Congress and the White House are working on a final compromise this week. It is essential that your legislators and the public hear from you now. All prevention and public health funding included in economic recovery legislation is now in jeopardy.

Please take a few moments to take two actions, even if you already responded to last week's action alert.

First, go to NACCHO's web site

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From that site you can fax a letter to your Representatives and Senators. We have provided a sample letter.

Second, send a letter to the editor to your local newspapers. You can do that in a few clicks of the mouse here

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We have provided a sample letter.

If you know your Senators or Representatives or their staff members, now is the time to call and tell them that additional funding for public health departments provided in the House economic stimulus bill will save jobs and improve the health and productivity of workers in your communities. Thank you.

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Nancy Krieger, PhD
Professor, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge 717
Boston, MA 02115 (USA)

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