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Health Reform Implementation

Health Reform Implementation

America should strive to be the healthiest nation in the world. Every American should have the opportunity to be as healthy as he or she can be. Every community should be safe from threats to its health. And all individuals and families should have a high level of services that protect, promote, and preserve their health, regardless of who they are or where they live.

That's why Trust for America's Health is leading the Healthier America Project. More than 140 organizations have joined together to support a consensus document entitled, "Our Vision for a Healthier America." The Healthier America Project will advance that vision, harnessing the ideas and experience of people from every level of government in partnership with business and community leaders, and establish a blueprint for how to modernize the public health system.

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Project Documents

Remarks of Governor Lowell Weicker, Jr. (October 31, 2009)
President of Trust for America's Health Speaks on Health Care Reform before The Muslim Coalition of Connecticut

TFAH and Robert Wood Johnson Poll (June 8, 2009)
Americans rank prevention as most important health reform priority

Our Vision for a Healthier America
More than 140 organizations have signed onto this call for action.

A Healthier America: A New Vision and Agenda
A more detailed discussion for how to achieve a National Prevention Strategy

A Healthier America Summit

View webcasts of TFAH's June 2007 event, featuring Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN), former Gov. Mark Warner (D-VA), and a Fred Friendly Seminar on pandemic flu preparedness hosted by Jeff Greenfield of CBS News.

The Healthier America Project: A Blueprint for a Healthier America presented by TFAH Executive Director Jeffrey Levi at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA).

Public Opinion Surveys by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and Public Opinion Strategies

 

Policy Information

March 2009
TFAH Background on Public Health Workforce Shortages and Recommendations

March 2009
TFAH Testimony in Support of Reliable Funding for Public Health

September 2008
Letter Urging Support for Prevention Resolution, H.Res. 1381

September 2008
TFAH Principles for Health Reform

More policy information

 

Press Releases

December 8, 2011
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin Holds First Regional Meeting in Chicago on National Prevention Strategy to Support Successful Health Care Reform

December 7, 2011
House Completes Its Terrible Trifecta by Passing the REINS Act
A Statement from the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards

September 19, 2011
TFAH Statement On Proposed Cuts to the Prevention and Public Health Fund: Harmful to America’s Health and Long-term Fiscal Security

June 16, 2011
TFAH Applauds the Release of the National Prevention Strategy

May 13, 2011
TFAH Statement on Community Transformation Grants

More press releases

Resources

Selected items from TFAH's Resource Library:

ALS Association
A website dedicated to the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease through global, cutting edge treatment, as well as supporting those afflicted with the disease.

Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer's Association seeks to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
The Education and Referral Center includes current, comprehensive information and resources about Alzheimer's disease from the National Institute of Aging.

American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society website includes various information about cancer from access to health care, statistics, clinical trials, and stories from cancer survivors.

Breast Cancer Fund
Founded in 1992, the Breast Cancer Fund identifies, and advocates for elimination of, environmental and preventable causes of the disease.

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