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Epilepsy Care Programs also on the Chopping Block
Congress is considering a bill to reduce government spending by as much as $100 billion. Of that, more than $12 billion will come from important health programs – including medical research into a cure – that benefit people with epilepsy.
Click here to take action http://capwiz.com/efa/issues/alert/?alertid=27204501&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]
Many Americans support cuts in government spending. But polls also show that Americans don’t support major cuts in health care spending. We need to deliver a message to Congress: Cuts to health programs do more harm than good.
Here’s a partial list of the cuts Congress is proposing:
- $1 billion cut in medical research funding (NIH)
- $5 million cut in epilepsy research funding (NIH)
- $200 million cut in maternal and child health (MCH Block Grant)
- $750 million in public health and delivery of care (CDC)
If these cuts are enacted, people with epilepsy will suffer the consequences. The Epilepsy Foundation needs your help to protect this funding and help the 3 million Americans affected by epilepsy.
Please contact your Representative and Senators today. http://capwiz.com/efa/issues/alert/?alertid=27204501&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]
Please also alert people in your community – friends, neighbors, coworkers, family – to this threat and ask them also to contact their elected officials in Washington. The more voices, the better.
Congress is considering a bill to reduce government spending by as much as $100 billion. Of that, more than $12 billion will come from important health programs – including medical research into a cure – that benefit people with epilepsy.
Click here to take action http://capwiz.com/efa/issues/alert/?alertid=27204501&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]
Many Americans support cuts in government spending. But polls also show that Americans don’t support major cuts in health care spending. We need to deliver a message to Congress: Cuts to health programs do more harm than good.
Here’s a partial list of the cuts Congress is proposing:
- $1 billion cut in medical research funding (NIH)
- $5 million cut in epilepsy research funding (NIH)
- $200 million cut in maternal and child health (MCH Block Grant)
- $750 million in public health and delivery of care (CDC)
If these cuts are enacted, people with epilepsy will suffer the consequences. The Epilepsy Foundation needs your help to protect this funding and help the 3 million Americans affected by epilepsy.
Please contact your Representative and Senators today. http://capwiz.com/efa/issues/alert/?alertid=27204501&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id]
Please also alert people in your community – friends, neighbors, coworkers, family – to this threat and ask them also to contact their elected officials in Washington. The more voices, the better.
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