The Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS) appropriations bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee earlier this month falls far short of expectations, said the American Public Health Association (APHA). While the bill provides increases to some health agencies, including some programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and cross-agency efforts to address the opioid epidemic, it does so at the expense of other important public health programs.
"This is not how you invest in a healthy America,” said Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of APHA.