Tfah Decries Dramatic Cuts to Cdc Core Programs; President's Budget Out of Touch with Americans' Health Anxieties According to New Poll

U.S. Newswire › February 06, 2006

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Trust for America's Health (TFAH) today issued an analysis of the President's fiscal year 2007 budget that finds a proposed cut to core Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs of more than four percent from FY 2006, and nearly eight percent when compared to the FY 2005 funding levels. Some programs that would receive cuts include obesity prevention, birth defects prevention, environmental health, and injury prevention and control.

TFAH today also released the third annual edition of a poll that examines Americans' anxieties about health problems. It reveals that cancer continues to be the number one concern for voters, with 26 percent ranking it as their top health concern. Heart disease ranks second (15 percent), obesity ranks third (14 percent), and a worldwide flu pandemic ranks fourth (10 percent).

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Tfah Decries Dramatic Cuts to Cdc Core Programs; President's Budget Out of Touch with Americans' Health Anxieties According to New Poll

"The dramatic cuts proposed to programs aimed at preventing cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and birth defects will come at a serious cost to our country's he...

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