16 Cents

You can't even buy a gumball with 16 cents.

Yet, that's all the Center for Disease Control and Prevention spends per person on heart disease and stroke prevention every year.

That's woefully inadequate to fight heart disease and stroke, the No. 1 and No. 3 killers in America. Worse, the President has proposed a $1.2 million CUT in funding for CDC heart disease and stroke prevention.

Tell your Members of Congress to make smart investments in life-saving heart disease and stroke prevention programs.

The CDC's Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program saves lives by tailoring its work to help Americans, particularly underserved populations, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, learn the key signs and symptoms of heart disease and stroke, improve emergency response and quality of care, and end treatment disparities.

And yet, millions of Americans are left behind every year because the CDC doesn't have the funding to reach them. Some states get no funding at all for heart disease and stroke prevention.

When lives are on the line, we can't afford to cut funding and continue to leave behind the ones who need help the most.

Email Congress now and tell them to stand up against the No. 1 and No. 3 killers in America -- invest in heart disease and stroke prevention now!

Even though the budget fight has just begun, it's crucial that Congress hears from heart disease and stroke advocates like us NOW, as the key decisions are being made.

Thanks for doing your part to make sure Congress answers our call.