NABTC Urges Boost in FY 2009 Health Budget

February 26, 2008

NABTC joined more than 400 health organizations in a February 19, 2008, letter that urges Congress to provide an additional $5.3 billion in the fiscal year 2009 budget in order to meet pressing health care needs. The recommended increase in the budget would permit additional resources to be directed to the National Institutes of Health for biomedical research and would address other vital health care needs. The letter, developed with the leadership of the Coalition for Health Funding, strongly recommends that Congress address shortfalls in health care funding by making important health care programs a priority in the budget. Even if Congress follows the recommendation of the health community, this would be only the first step in the budget and appropriations process. If additional resources were directed to health care programs in the FY 2009 budget, Congress would then make decisions about the funding levels from dozens of specific health care programs. For more information about NABTC collaboration on budget efforts, see the Coalition for Health Funding letter. Coalition for Health Funding FY 2009 Budget Letter.

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