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Urgent Vote This Week: Make Public Health a National Priority!
Target: U.S. SenateSponsored by: Trust for America's Health
CRITICAL VOTE THIS WEEK: Urge Your Senators to Vote "YES" on Specter/Harkin/Kennedy Amendment to Increase Funding for Health and Education Programs in the Senate Budget Resolution
Public health is all about preventing and reducing disease and minimizing health threats -- whether naturally occurring like pandemic influenza or the result of a bioterrorist attack. On February 6, 2006, the President released his FY 2007 budget request which significantly shortchanges our nation's public health programs.
Cuts to programs intended to prevent chronic diseases like cancer, asthma and diabetes are especially troubling, given that seventy percent of U.S. deaths are caused by of chronic diseases every year. Allowing proposed cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency responsible for reducing disease and improving health, runs counter to Americans' desire to improve health in this country.
Senators Specter, Harkin and Kennedy have offered an amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution that will increase the budget level by $7 billion, providing much needed additional funds for important programs, including those promoting the public's health.
We need your voice today - sign now to send an email to your Senators, and urge them to restore cuts to public health programs by supporting the Specter/Harkin/Kennedy Amendment. It's time that we ensure our public's health is a national priority!
Public health is all about preventing and reducing disease and minimizing health threats -- whether naturally occurring like pandemic influenza or the result of a bioterrorist attack. On February 6, 2006, the President released his FY 2007 budget request which significantly shortchanges our nation's public health programs.
Cuts to programs intended to prevent chronic diseases like cancer, asthma and diabetes are especially troubling, given that seventy percent of U.S. deaths are caused by of chronic diseases every year. Allowing proposed cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency responsible for reducing disease and improving health, runs counter to Americans' desire to improve health in this country.
Senators Specter, Harkin and Kennedy have offered an amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution that will increase the budget level by $7 billion, providing much needed additional funds for important programs, including those promoting the public's health.
We need your voice today - sign now to send an email to your Senators, and urge them to restore cuts to public health programs by supporting the Specter/Harkin/Kennedy Amendment. It's time that we ensure our public's health is a national priority!
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# 10,100:
3:22 pm PST, Mar 16,
Tim Duda, Texas
Just keep pumpnig $$$ into that atrocious war and avoid all the problems we have domestically. Great! You guys really know how to run a country!
Just keep pumpnig $$$ into that atrocious war and avoid all the problems we have domestically. Great! You guys really know how to run a country!
# 10,099:
3:22 pm PST, Mar 16,
Karl Argendorf, Oregon
# 10,098:
3:21 pm PST, Mar 16,
Neil Evantash, Florida
# 10,097:
3:20 pm PST, Mar 16,
Nancy Ellis, Alabama
# 10,096:
3:20 pm PST, Mar 16,
Connie Ralston, Ohio
# 10,095:
3:18 pm PST, Mar 16,
Margaret Miller, Washington
# 10,094:
3:17 pm PST, Mar 16,
Michael Nelson MD, Massachusetts
Sir, The proposed cuts in public health are ill-advised, short-sighted and dangerous. Thjey reflect the Bush administrations lack of interest and care for the public good of the citizens of this country.
Sir, The proposed cuts in public health are ill-advised, short-sighted and dangerous. Thjey reflect the Bush administrations lack of interest and care for the public good of the citizens of this country.
# 10,093:
3:17 pm PST, Mar 16,
Megaera Kuny, Maryland
# 10,092:
3:16 pm PST, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
I have a nerve disorder and have been afflicted with it since my mid 20's. This mean I am on SSI and Medicaide. Any Changes to the Health Program will inpact me directacly. I live with pain 24/7 . Medication is required and Doctor's visits. I receive $600. per month and have a copay of $10. plus a decrease of $11. in my foodstamps. in the end I have lost income. I can hardly live on $600. monthly let alone any added co pays or deductions/reductions. Please stop this travisty, there are people like me who can not work and need all the help they can get. Respectfully, Robyn Spicer
I have a nerve disorder and have been afflicted with it since my mid 20's. This mean I am on SSI and Medicaide. Any Changes to the Health Program will inpact me directacly. I live with pain 24/7 . Medication is required and Doctor's visits. I receive $600. per month and have a copay of $10. plus a decrease of $11. in my foodstamps. in the end I have lost income. I can hardly live on $600. monthly let alone any added co pays or deductions/reductions. Please stop this travisty, there are people like me who can not work and need all the help they can get. Respectfully, Robyn Spicer
# 10,091:
3:15 pm PST, Mar 16,
Joann Hinson, California
# 10,090:
3:14 pm PST, Mar 16,
Elizabeth Vidal, Florida
# 10,089:
3:13 pm PST, Mar 16,
Sue Hall, New York
# 10,088:
3:12 pm PST, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, Indiana
PLEASE DO NOT CUT HEALTH CARE FOR PEOPLE IN EVANSVILLE IN NOT ONLY THERE BUT ALL AROUND THE USA ITS IMPORTANT WE HAVE THIS MONEY TO HELP PAY FOR OUR HEALTH CARE ITS VERY CRITAL THAT YOU DONT CUT HEALTH CARE FUNDING BECAUSE WE NEED THE MONEY TO PAY FOR OUR HEALTH CARE AS SOME PEOPLE OUR VERY LOW INCOME SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY POOR AND THEY NEED HELP WITH THIS FUNDING AS WELL AS OTHERS THANK YOU
PLEASE DO NOT CUT HEALTH CARE FOR PEOPLE IN EVANSVILLE IN NOT ONLY THERE BUT ALL AROUND THE USA ITS IMPORTANT WE HAVE THIS MONEY TO HELP PAY FOR OUR HEALTH CARE ITS VERY CRITAL THAT YOU DONT CUT HEALTH CARE FUNDING BECAUSE WE NEED THE MONEY TO PAY FOR OUR HEALTH CARE AS SOME PEOPLE OUR VERY LOW INCOME SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY POOR AND THEY NEED HELP WITH THIS FUNDING AS WELL AS OTHERS THANK YOU
# 10,087:
3:10 pm PST, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 10,086:
3:08 pm PST, Mar 16,
Carrie A Salehiamin, Oregon
# 10,085:
3:08 pm PST, Mar 16,
William Erlenbach, Arizona
# 10,084:
3:08 pm PST, Mar 16,
Diane Crummett, Washington
# 10,083:
3:06 pm PST, Mar 16,
Amanda Hughes, Illinois
# 10,082:
3:05 pm PST, Mar 16,
Gwen Keiley, Virginia
# 10,081:
3:04 pm PST, Mar 16,
Beverly Lospinuso, Florida
I oppose to anything that Bush wants.
I oppose to anything that Bush wants.
# 10,080:
3:03 pm PST, Mar 16,
EDITH ROSE CHAMBERS, North Carolina
# 10,079:
3:03 pm PST, Mar 16,
Ana Rudolph, California
# 10,078:
3:02 pm PST, Mar 16,
JOHN A THOMPSON, South Carolina
# 10,077:
3:01 pm PST, Mar 16,
Jim Thykeson, Florida
# 10,076:
2:58 pm PST, Mar 16,
Kathryn Standing, Iowa
# 10,075:
2:58 pm PST, Mar 16,
Kathryn Wheelock, Wisconsin
# 10,074:
2:58 pm PST, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 10,073:
2:57 pm PST, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, New York
Our country is only as strong as its citizens. Public Health funding should not be reduced.
Our country is only as strong as its citizens. Public Health funding should not be reduced.
# 10,072:
2:54 pm PST, Mar 16,
Dennis Dworin, Michigan
# 10,071:
2:53 pm PST, Mar 16,
Solomon Schneyer, Washington
# 10,070:
2:50 pm PST, Mar 16,
Shaun Grebey, New Jersey
# 10,069:
2:50 pm PST, Mar 16,
Genevieve O. Massie, Oregon
Many people ned help, even than we who are over 75. Please help. Thank you.
Many people ned help, even than we who are over 75. Please help. Thank you.
# 10,068:
2:48 pm PST, Mar 16,
Robert Chapman, New York
# 10,067:
2:47 pm PST, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, California
# 10,066:
2:44 pm PST, Mar 16,
Shelley Carroll, Florida
# 10,065:
2:44 pm PST, Mar 16,
Karen Wineinger, Arizona
# 10,064:
2:43 pm PST, Mar 16,
Ingrid Johnson, Maryland
# 10,063:
2:42 pm PST, Mar 16,
Carol Keck, Arizona
# 10,062:
2:40 pm PST, Mar 16,
Gertrude Miller
, Texas
# 10,061:
2:39 pm PST, Mar 16,
LONDA FOWLER, New Mexico
# 10,060:
2:39 pm PST, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, Iowa
# 10,059:
2:38 pm PST, Mar 16,
Lucille P. temmel, Florida
# 10,058:
2:37 pm PST, Mar 16,
Jeffrey Platt, Florida
# 10,057:
2:36 pm PST, Mar 16,
Steve M, Florida
It is not a good idea to keep trying to cut essentials. We are normal people that are now starting to really take notice of the details.
It is not a good idea to keep trying to cut essentials. We are normal people that are now starting to really take notice of the details.
# 10,056:
2:32 pm PST, Mar 16,
Susan Murphy, Florida
# 10,055:
2:31 pm PST, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 10,054:
2:30 pm PST, Mar 16,
Margaret Holtzclaw, Maryland
# 10,053:
2:30 pm PST, Mar 16,
GLENDA SMITH, Texas
# 10,052:
2:30 pm PST, Mar 16,
M. Kim Gardener, New York
# 10,051:
2:28 pm PST, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, Michigan
It is great to have a war to help people in another country and to send aid to people around the world BUT what about our own people in the US who are needy???? The American people just keep paying more taxes and getting less for their money.
It is great to have a war to help people in another country and to send aid to people around the world BUT what about our own people in the US who are needy???? The American people just keep paying more taxes and getting less for their money.