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The Healthiest Nation Pledge
- By Susan L. Polan PhD
- [Associate Executive Director]
- Public Affairs and Advocacy
Dear Dr. David E. Marcinko,
Study after study consistently confirms an unpleasant fact: Americans live shorter lives and suffer more health issues than people in other high-income countries.
- We live up to four years less than our peers.
- We suffer more chronic disease, such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
- We have higher infant mortality rates.
- Within the U.S., there is as much as a 15-year difference in life expectancy depending on where you live, your race, your income and how educated you are.
In truth, the U.S. trails other high-income countries in these and most other measures of health.
Hope and Change
How do we change this? We need to make healthy lifestyle choices both as individuals and as a society. Our health is affected by a complex web of social and environmental factors that are often outside of our individual control. The homes we live in, our access to healthy food, the quality of our schools, clean air and water – these and other factors directly affect our health. And for many people, they limit their ability to make healthy choices.
Together We Can
Together we can change this. If we join together, we can demand that our leaders consider health in all their decisions. We can create communities that have a positive influence on our health – communities where it is easy for us all to make healthy choices.
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Assessment
Take the first step. Sign the pledge to create the healthiest nation in one generation. Ask your colleagues, friends and family to sign also. The more people who sign, the more influence we can wield. And the more momentum we can build for change.
Sincerely,
Susan Polan
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Dr. Marcinko,
I just signed the pledge.
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Dear David,
[Public health agency funding 2010 – 2014]
Do your members of Congress know that 50 percent of Americans suffer from preventable, chronic disease like heart disease and diabetes? Tell Congress to prioritize funding for public health programs designed to keep people from getting these diseases in the first place.
One of the biggest differences between health care in the U.S. and in other high-income countries is how much emphasis we place on treatment vs. prevention. We spend 75 percent of our health care dollars treating these preventable conditions. Only 3 percent of health spending goes to prevention and public health programs. This is despite the fact that studies show every dollar invested in proven, community-based public health efforts saves $5.60 in future health care costs.
Unfortunately, we are heading in the wrong direction. Funding for key public health agencies that manage programs and ensure a strong workforce has been slashed since 2010.
As lawmakers work through the 2016 appropriations process, please tell your members of Congress to prioritize public health funding.
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Together, we can create the healthiest nation!
Sincerely,
Donald P. Hoppert
[Director APHA – Government Relations]
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