More than 100 top executives sign letter asking federal lawmakers to reject proposed 25 percent cut in chronic disease funding As lawmakers on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction debate trimming billions of dollars from government programs, health care groups are joining together to urge lawmakers to save public health programs. Nearly 700 national, state and local organizations sent a letter to the supercommittee Oct. 4 asking members to reject a proposed 25 percent reduction in a federal fund used for disease prevention and public health. One day later, 39 health care groups and medical associations asked lawmakers in a separate letter not to trim Medicare… Read More