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Article: HHS Budget Proposal to Include $100 Million Increase to Prevent Diabetes, Obesity and Asthma Across the Country
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 22, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Bush's fiscal
year 2004 budget plan will include an increase of $100 million -- to
$125 million -- for a new initiative to prevent diabetes, obesity and
asthma through community initiatives to achieve healthier lifestyles
for hundreds of thousands of Americans, HHS Secretary Tommy G.
Thompson announced today.
"To truly stem the epidemic of preventable diseases that threaten
too many Americans, we need to move from a health care system that
treats disease to one that avoids disease through wiser personal
choices," Secretary Thompson said. "This new initiative will support
community programs aimed at getting results and helping those at risk ...
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