NEWS FLASH

Public Health Programs Underfunded In Health Reform | A new report from the American Public Health Association find that only 11 of 19 programs in the Affordable Care Act aimed at expanding the supply of public health workers — who serve as essential providers of preventive care — have received funding. The brief also finds that “approximately 44,000 governmental public health jobs at the state and local levels, or 19% of the 2008 workforce, were lost between 2008 and 2010 due to the economic downturn.”