Did you know that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare) includes critical public health funding? What would the repeal of the ACA mean for public health? Peter Kyriacopoulos, APHL's senior director of public policy, talks about the CDC-managed Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) program, a source of crosscutting support for public health laboratories funded under the ACA through the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). Links: ELC Program: Essential Funding for Public Health Lab Response (APHL.org) Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Cooperative Agreement (CDC.gov) Critical Public Health Fund Would Be Lost With ACA Repeal Find your State or Territorial Health Official Find your US Senators Find your US Representative Peter Kyriacopoulos on Twitter APHL Blog @APHL on Twitter APHL on Facebook APHL.org  

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