Health Community Moves to Protect Fiscal 2001 Funding

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Health Community Moves to Protect Fiscal 2001 Funding

Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com) (12/08/00)

The Coalition for Health Funding--which represents organizations including the American Lung Association, the American Public Health Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics--is lobbying Congress and the White House to not give up on a controversial funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. While some House Republicans have suggested that Congress should just continue funding at last year's levels, the coalition's Marcia Mabee notes that doing so would mean that many key programs would lose. Mabee said the greatest single loss would be the elimination of a $2.7 billion boost for the National Institutes of Health, while the Centers for Disease Control would not get an $886 million increase that includes funds dedicated to HIV prevention efforts, immunization programs, and infectious diseases.
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