Public health experts unhappy with Obama’s budget proposal
Cuts come “at the expense of our nation’s health”
President Obama’s recently released budget proposal for fiscal year 2014 fails to adequately fund key health programs, according to Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association (APHA).
Benjamin said cuts in the budget will hamper the capacity of state and local public health departments, already affected by spending cuts, to do their work including detect and respond to disease threats, confront gun violence, curb obesity rates and ensure clean air and water.