The opportunity that we have before us today -- to enact comprehensive health reform that emphasizes prevention and wellness, instead of just disease treatment -- may not come again for decades. Americans need strong leadership during these trying times. The unprecedented investments in wellness and prevention included in the House and Senate bills would help us to forge a new way forward by enabling us to build stronger, healthier, more resilient communities. Toward that end, we urge you to include a dedicated funding mechanism for prevention and public health in the final bill.

1. Advocates for Better Children's Diets
2. AIDS Action Council
3. All Saints Home Care And Referral Services (CA)
4. American Academy of Physician Assistants
5. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and
Dance
6. American Association for Health Education
7. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
8. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
9. American Association on Health and Disability
10. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
11. American College of Clinical Pharmacy
12. American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
13. American College of Preventive Medicine
14. American Diabetes Association
15. American Heart Association
16. American Lung Association
17. American Public Health Association
18. American Social Health Association
19. American Thoracic Society
20. Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
21. Association of State & Territorial Health Officials
22. Arthritis Foundation
23. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and
Epidemiology, Inc.
24. Association for Utah Community Health
25. Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
26. Association of Ohio Health Commissioners
27. Association of Public Health Laboratories
28. Association of Schools of Public Health
29. Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors
30. Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing
31. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
32. Beach Cities Health District (CA)
33. Bi-State Primary Care Association
34. Brooklyn Perinatal Network, Inc.
35. Bryan County Health Department (GA)
36. California Center for Public Health Advocacy
37. California Primary Care Association
38. Camden County Health Department (GA)
39. Campaign for Public Health
40. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
41. Center for Adolescent Health & the Law
42. Center for Science in the Public Interest
43. CEO Services (NY)
44. Chatham County Health Department (GA)

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