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"Simply put, in the absence of a radical shift towards prevention and public health, we will not be successful in containing medical costs or improving the health of the American people."
- President Barack Obama
Barack Obama's Plan for a Healthier America: Lowering health care costs and ensuring affordable, high-quality coverage for all
Latest Developments
Minority Leader McConnell's Letter to Majority Leader Reid
Majority Leader Reid's Response to Senator McConnell
A Petition to the Congress of the United States: Health Care Reform Can't Wait
American Public Health Association: Tell Congress and the White House to Finish Health Reform Now!
New NACCHO Survey Shows Local Health Departments Lost 16,000 Jobs in 2009
Summary of President's Proposal
Wellness and Prevention Letter to the President
Wellness and Prevention Congressional Letter
Case for Support
One-Pagers
Public Health Investment Fund Talking Points
Effectiveness of Investing in Prevention
Prevention Strategy & Investment Fund Provisions (House Bill)
Prevention Strategy, Investment Fund & Related Provisions (Senate Bill)
Specific Provisions Promoting Prevention
Health Reform Focuses on a Strategic Investment in Effective, Evidence-Based Prevention (TFAH)
Wellness and Prevention Provisions Talking Points
Community-Based Interventions Work
TFAH & NYAM Report: A Compendium of Proven Community-Based Prevention Programs
Alliance for Health Reform Issue Brief: The Case for Prevention: Tales from the Field
American Lung Association: Helping Smokers Quit: State Cessation Coverage
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: Health Reform Website
IOM Report: Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
CBO: Health Reform Focuses on a Strategic Investment in Effective, Evidence-Based Prevention
Testimonials from Successful Public Health Interventions
Reports
New NACCHO Survey Shows Local Health Departments Lost 16,000 Jobs in 2009
Senate Democratic Policy Committee: Reform that Reduces Chronic Disease and Health Care Costs
Suicide Prevention Action Network Prevention Priorities for Health Reform
NACCHO Report Details Local Health Department Job Losses and Program Cuts
State Specific Information
The Economic Burden of Disease on the United States from the Milken Institute. This document shows the financial cost of chronic disease for each state.
Medical Costs of Obesity, Per Capita (2003) from Trust for America's Health. View other aspects of your state's public health profile here.
Costs of Chronic Disease: What are States Facing? From the Council of State Governments. This document shows the chronic disease death rates for each state.
Examples of Successful Public Health Interventions: State-by-State
Congressional Action
Summaries
CRS Comparison of Prevention and Wellness Provisions in House and Senate Health Reform Legislation
TFAH Chart of Key Prevention Provisions in House and Senate Health Reform Legislation
House Tri-Committee Comparison of House and Senate Provisions
Prevention Institute House and Senate Summary of Prevention Provisions
Premier Healthcare - Health Disparities Provisions in House Bill
Premier Healthcare - Health Disparities Provisions in Senate Bill
U.S. House
Legislative Text of House-Passed Bill
Tobacco Cessation Dear Colleague
Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 3962
NACCHO: 220-215 House Roll Call Vote
H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act
Side-by-Side of Current and Previous House Bills
Detailed Summary of Affordable Health Care for America Act
Section-by-Section Analysis, Affordable Health Care for America Act
Topline Changes from Introduced Bill to Blended Bill
Information on Health Reform from the House Office of the Majority Leader
U.S. Senate
Legislative Text of Senate Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Legislative Text of Senate Manager's Amendment
CBO Score of Manager's Amendment
TFAH Summary of Changes to Prevention Provisions in Manager's Amendment
Section-by-Section Summary of Manager's Amendment
TFAH Summary of Prevention Provisions in Senate Bill
Senate Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Short Summary
Senate Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Immediate Benefits
Group Statements and Letters
Wellness and Prevention Letter to the President
Wellness and Prevention Congressional Letter
Families USA Sign-On Letter in Support of Exanding Health Care Coverage
Letter: Health Care Experts Agree: The House Should Pass the Senate Bill
Wellness and Prevention Conference Sign-On Letter
Sign-on Letter in Support of Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Coverage
Tobacco Cessation Dear Colleague
Sign-on Letter in Support of Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Coverage
Sign-on Letter to Reid in Favor of Durbin-Sanders Tobacco Cessation Amendment
Sign-on Letter on Improving Health of Children in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Support Letter for Mark Udall Childcare Obesity Amendment
Campaign for Public Health Letter From Health Leaders Urges Congress to Invest in Public Health
More Group Statements and Letters
Individual Organizational Statements and Letters
Partnership for Prevention Letter on Prevention Task Forces
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Statement on Prevention in Health Reform
U.S. House
Partnership for Prevention Letter of Support
National Association of Counties Letter of Support
ASTHO Alumni Society Letter of Support
Association of Public Health Laboratories Letter of Support
US Preventive Medicine House Letter of Support
NCPPA Letter in Support of Division C wellness provisions
Nemours Letter in Support of Division C
U.S. Senate - Letters in Support of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Advocates for Better Children's Diets
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
American Academy of Pediatrics
Center for Science in the Public Interest
InterAmerican Heart Foundation
U.S. Senate - HELP Committee Bill Letters
National Association of Counties Letter of Support
Arthritis Foundation: Letter to Senator Kennedy in Support of the Affordable Health Choices Act
Arthritis Foundation: Letter to Senator Enzi in Support of the Affordable Health Choices Act
APCM/Partnership for Prevention Letter
American Legacy Foundation: Letter to the 111th Congress
NACCHO: Statement of Policy: A United States Health System for the 21st Century
Washington Health Foundation in Support of Prevention in Health Reform
Letters to President Obama
American College of Preventive Medicine
American Public Health Association
American School Health Association
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Association of Public Health Laboratories
More Letters to President Obama
Policy Briefs
Senate & House Health Reform Legislation: Summary of Key Prevention & Workforce Provisions
TFAH: Wellness and Prevention Funding in the Senate HELP and House Health Reform Bills
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors Policy Brief on Health Reform
ASTHO Position Statement: A Transformed Health System for the United States in the 21st Century
Washington Health Foundation Urges Strong Prevention Component in Health Reform
ARRA Funds Toolbox
HHS Documents on Release of "Communities Putting Prevention to Work" Program
Detailed Grant Information on "Communities Putting Prevention to Work"
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