Prevention and Public Health Fund at Risk

Jun 19, 2015 by Jennifer Trott

Friday, June 19th

The Prevention and Public Health Fund that provides our nation with critical public health funding is at risk, and we need your help. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives held debate on H.R. 1190, which would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board created by the Affordable Care Act. An amendment has been proposed that would use the Prevention and Public Health Fund to offset the cost of the bill to the tune of $8.85 billion. To put things into perspective, that would essentially cut the Fund in half by 2025.

The cut would be so severe that even Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, the lead democratic sponsor of H.R. 1190 said that she would vote against her own bill to protect the fund. Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) also took to the floor in support of preserving the Prevention and Public Health Fund.

We need you to do the following:

1) Call Representative McDermott (206-553-7170) to thank him for his remarks on Thursday.

2) E-mail or call the members of the Washington state Congressional Delegation to tell them that you are opposed to using the Prevention and Public Health Fund to offset H.R. 1190.

Washington State House Members
Members	District	Party	DC Office Phone	Health Care Legislative Assistant
Suzan DelBene	01	D	(202) 225-6311	Casey.Katims@mail.house.gov
Rick Larsen	02	D	(202) 225-2605	Matt.Renninger@mail.house.gov
Jamie Herrera Butler	03	R	(202) 225-3536	Jessica.Wixson@mail.house.gov
Dan Newhouse	04	R	(202) 225-5816	Stephanie.Katz@mail.house.gov
Cathy McMorris Rogers	05	R	(202) 225-2006	Nick.Magallanes@mail.house.gov
Derek Kilmer	06	D	(202) 225-5916	Megan.Thompson@mail.house.gov
Jim McDermott	07	D	(202) 225-3106	Daniel.Foster@mail.house.gov
Dave Reichert	08	R	(202) 225-7761	Lindsay.Manson@mail.house.gov
Adam Smith	09	D	(202) 225-8901	Rebecca.Nathanson@mail.house.gov
Denny Heck	10	D	(202) 225-9740	Hart.Edmondson@mail.house.gov

A final vote is expected next Tuesday evening.