Search Results for prevention
September | 2023
Over 110 Organizations Call on Senate to Oppose Cuts to Prevention Fund
…Services, the Prevention Fund supports programs such as suicide prevention, Alzheimer’s disease prevention, and chronic disease self-management. Funding prevention not only saves lives, but it also saves money. The Prevention…
December | 2017
New Data Shows Drug Overdoses Increased in 40 States and Washington, D.C.
…increase of 21 percent over 2015, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today. This represents a 50 percent increase over five years and…
June | 2020
The ACA is Critical to the Health of all Americans, Particularly as the Nation Struggles to Contain the Coronavirus
…public health agencies. The Prevention and Public Health Fund, a dedicated funding stream created by the ACA and specifically designated for public health and prevention, funds approximately 11 percent of…
June | 2021
TFAH Applauds Court’s Decision Preserving the Affordable Care Act
…2031) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health agencies. The Prevention and Public Health Fund, a dedicated funding stream created by the ACA and…
June | 2018
TFAH and WBT: The Nation Must Heed Calls for Help, We Must do More to Prevent Deaths of Despair
…Resilience Strategy that takes a comprehensive approach by focusing on prevention, early identification of issues and effective treatment – and we highlighted more than 60 policies, programs and initiatives that…
January | 2018
Public Health Funding
…country’s public health system has led to serious gaps in our readiness to respond to disease outbreaks, natural disasters and other health emergencies. Prevention and Public Health Fund Detailed Information…
June | 2013
TFAH Releases “The Truth about the Prevention Fund”
…was created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Truth about the Prevention Fund includes an overview of the Fund, which is the nation’s largest single investment in prevention, using…
December | 2017
Leading Public Health Groups: Using the Prevention Fund to help fund CHIP: A Serious Mistake
…health. But losing the Prevention Fund would just create another hole in the public health support children need. The Prevention Fund is supported strongly by national, state and local groups…
March | 2011
The New Prevention Fund
«state» and the New Prevention Fund: An Investment in the Future Health of America The Affordable Care Act (ACA) included the creation of a Prevention Fund – to provide communities…