Hep - C Prevention Funding 2007 - - PLEASE WRITE

[Guest guest]

Dear Hepatitis C Advocates,

 

On June 7, 2006 the fate of hepatitis C prevention funding for 2007 will be

decided by the U.S. House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee. We

need your help!

Your Representative needs to hear from YOU that hepatitis C funding is a

priority. We cannot afford another year of flat or decreased funding. The House

Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee is the panel that will decide

funding amounts for hepatitis programs.

On June 7, 2006, the House Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee is scheduled to

decide critical funding needs for health programs - including hepatitis C.

Silence on this issue will result in further cuts to an already precariously

small hepatitis C allocation of $16.7 million for the Division of Viral

Hepatitis (DVH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A

small increase of $10 million can make a big difference. The U.S. Senate will

work on the their version of the bill in the coming weeks, however, a win now

will move us one step closer to securing necessary resources for hepatitis C.

Contact your Representative NOW. We have about 8 days left to educate House

Appropriators about the inadequate funding for hepatitis C programs.

WHEN: Right now! Your Representative needs to hear from you by close of

business June 6, 2006.

 

Go to:

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/IMPACTC/campaign.jsp?campa\

ign_KEY=4011

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Lorren Sandt

Hepatitis C Caring Ambassadors Program

Managing Ambassador

877-737-4372 toll-free

lorren

Hepatitis C: Choices now on line at: www.hepcchallenge.org

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doing so, we will make far more significant advances than could be made by any

group or discipline working on its own. "

 

 

" To be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to

make me everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being

can fight, and never stop fighting. " -e.e. cummings-

 

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[Guest guest]

Exactly what is it which is being funded? So many govedrnment

programs push programs I totally disagree with. So until I learn

what the money would be used for, I can't pressure congress to vote

for the funding.

 

Alobar

 

On 6/3/06, DitziSis <mk2967 wrote:

> Dear Hepatitis C Advocates,

>

> On June 7, 2006 the fate of hepatitis C prevention funding for 2007 will be

decided by the U.S. House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee. We

need your help!

> Your Representative needs to hear from YOU that hepatitis C funding is a

priority. We cannot afford another year of flat or decreased funding. The House

Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee is the panel that will decide

funding amounts for hepatitis programs.

[Guest guest]

I don't know the specifics for this year.

The problem in the past has been their complete refusal to acknowledge that it

even exists. If it were a visible disease, they couldn't ignore it. But it's

one of those *invisible* things. People need to be aware of how it can spread

(shared toothbrush, razor, sexual activity, blood transfer), and how it is NOT

spread.

They also need to be made aware of how to protect their liver, the most vital

organ.

 

I wrote my senators a few years ago. Got some sort of *bla, bla, bla* response.

*When the CDC says we have a problem, I'll look into it.* I was NOT polite in my

response! Told both women that the CDC is not their constituent, that I am.

 

Alobar <Alobar wrote: Exactly what is it which is being funded?

So many govedrnment

programs push programs I totally disagree with. So until I learn

what the money would be used for, I can't pressure congress to vote

for the funding.

 

Alobar

 

On 6/3/06, DitziSis <mk2967 wrote:

> Dear Hepatitis C Advocates,

>

> On June 7, 2006 the fate of hepatitis C prevention funding for 2007 will be

decided by the U.S. House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee. We

need your help!

> Your Representative needs to hear from YOU that hepatitis C funding is a

priority. We cannot afford another year of flat or decreased funding. The House

Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee is the panel that will decide

funding amounts for hepatitis programs.

 

 

 

" To be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to

make me everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being

can fight, and never stop fighting. " -e.e. cummings-

 

 

 

 

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