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May 11, 2012
A one-pager with information on how the Prevention and Public Health Fund is being used to improve women’s health.
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TFAH Health Reform Latest Developments List
March 27, 2012
LATEST NEWS Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest Today’s News (3/26/12) Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have released the annual Investing in America’s Healthreport,which finds that federal funding for public health remains at a relatively flat and insufficient level. And at [...]
March 16, 2012
LATEST NEWS Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest Today’s News (3/15/12) Public service announcement – Please get your NCAA picks completed prior to the tip-off of today’s first game. And remember, when multi-tasking the next two weeks, public health duties come first! [...]
March 16, 2012
LATEST NEWS Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest Today’s News (3/13/12) Now we’re really making progress on the CEO letter to President Obama (and Congress). We have the signatures for over 65 organizational leaders thus far (see link below), and if you have not already done so, [...]
March 15, 2012
TFAH submitted comments on the draft research priorities and agenda for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, an independent organization established by the Affordable Care Act.
March 6, 2012
LATEST NEWS Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest Today’s News (3/5/12) Time to draw a line in the sand. As promised, here’s a sign-on letter to President Obama expressing disappointment in his support for the recent cut in the Prevention and Public Health Fund, and calling upon the President to [...]
March 2, 2012
LATEST NEWS Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest Today’s News (3/2/12) Here are some materials from yesterday’s appearance by HHS Secretary Sebelius before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. We attached the Secretary’s written testimony yesterday. Today you’ll find Chairman Joseph Pitts’ (R-PA) opening statement – http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/Media/file/Hearings/Health/20120301/HHRG-112-IF14-MState-P000373-20120301.pdf, [...]
March 2, 2012
LATEST NEWS Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest Today’s News (2/29/12) The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow (March 1st) at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on the FY2013 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services. Attached [...]
February 29, 2012
LATEST NEWS Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest Today’s News (2/23/12) Happy Thursday! Back with a vengeance after catching our collective breaths after last week’s Public Health and Prevention Fund setback. On that front, a few items to report. First, to clarify the size of the cut, while it was scored [...]
February 16, 2012
SPECIAL UPDATE Wellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest Today’s News (2/16/12) Good news and bad news today. First the bad news – it does look like the Prevention and Public Health Fund will decrease by $5 billion over the next ten years as part of the reported Congressional agreement on the [...]