Texas Poised for Biggest Drop in U.S. Public Health Funds

[Purveyor]

By Romy Varghese Oct 21, 2014 11:13 AM ET

Texas, where the first people in the U.S. were diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus, faces the biggest percentage loss of any state in federal funds for fighting public health threats.

The second-largest state will see aid decline 8.1 percent in 2015 from this year to $34 million under funding awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness program, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Florida and North Carolina would have a 7.1 percent drop, while New York and New Jersey would lose more than 5 percent, the data show. Rhode Island, the second-most densely populated state after New Jersey, would see the smallest state reduction, 1.9 percent.

“Based on the recent confirmed Ebola cases, funding should be a priority,” Zachary Thompson, director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, said in a telephone interview. “We’re looking to Congress to increase funding.”

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-21/texas-poised-for-biggest-drop-in-u-s-public-health-funds.html

[kestrel91316]

1. Oh, the irony. Texas needs to pull itself up by its own bootstraps

and take personal responsibility for things.

[DhhD]

2. We have got a slue of ReThuglicans running for offices in Texas.

The one accused of a felony is running for Texas Attorney General!! Charges are expected after the election! There are several OPs and Replies on the Texas Group about anti-endorsements of these Republicans in major newspapers and fact gathering groups in Texas.

AlterNet has a story about the bad health care that Texas had before ACA. Looks like things are going to get worse for the poor and uninsured unless D-Wendy Davis is elected Governor.

http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/i-watched-my-patients-die-treatable-diseases-because-they-were-poor?akid=12388.295576.zWnUkC&rd=1&src=newsletter1024051&t=7

A Conservative US Senate will try to vote We The People back to health care before ACA. Be sure to read the comments of R-Senator Ted Cruz in the AlterNet story.