America Unprepared: Are Budget Cuts Undermining National Disaster Readiness?
Irwin Redlener, M.D.
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Posted 09.18.2011
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With the economy in dire trouble, no one is denying that austerity measures are essential. But diminishing the capacity of the public health system to respond to disasters is bad policy.
