Public Health Funding Restoration Act

Improved Health and Disease Control: The bill seeks to fund efforts to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases, prevent injuries, and prevent the development of chronic conditions (Section 2, paragraph 2).

Support for Specific Health Initiatives: Funding supports evidence-based investments in areas such as tobacco use prevention and cessation, nutrition, mental health, childhood lead poisoning prevention, elder care initiatives, and immunizations (Section 2, paragraph 3).

Reduction in Preventable Deaths: Funding increases for community-based public health programs are intended to reduce infant deaths and preventable deaths caused by cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (Section 2, paragraph 4).

Community Flexibility and Threat Response: The fund provides States and communities the flexibility to respond to unique public health threats and bolsters the response to global public health threats (Section 2, paragraph 3).

Future Pandemic Prevention: Restoring the funding to $2,000,000,000 provides the CDC and various health departments the resources needed to invest in efforts that help the country avoid future pandemics and epidemics (Section 2, paragraph 9).

Healthcare Cost Savings: The bill states that every dollar spent on prevention saves nearly $6 in health spending, and every dollar spent on childhood vaccines saves $16.50 in future healthcare costs (Section 2, paragraph 4).