Public health advocates decry committee's HHS budget cuts: incoming Medicare Rx program makes already tight budget that much tighter.(Budget)(Department of Health & Human Services)

Publication: Medicine & Health

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Amid warnings of flu pandemic and concerns over bioterrorism, House Republicans have proposed cuts to the nation's public health budget.

The House Appropriations Committee on June 16 approved a fiscal year 2006 spending measure that gives the Department of Health & Human Services a discretionary spending package of $63 billion. That represents a $633 million decrease over the previous year's budget.

The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill passed by the committee reduces funding for the...

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