Shortchanging America’s Health 2008: A State-by State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars are Spent

Trust for America’s Health. Shortchanging America’s Health 2008: A State-by State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars are Spent. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. April 2008.

In this report, the authors examines how much the federal government spends to try to keep the country well. A state-by-state review reveals that federal funding (CDC) for public health varies, often significantly, with a per capita low of $13.61 in Kansas to a per capita high of $69.97 in Alaska.