You Can Help. Take Action to Protect NIH Funding.
Across the country, heart and stroke advocates are speaking out about the importance of research funding and making sure that Congress hears our message loud and clear. Act now to do your part to protect lifesaving research.
Your legislators need to hear from constituents like you that medical research is too important to be put on the chopping block.
As your constituent and an American Heart Association advocate, I am writing to ask you defend funding for the National Institutes of Health. Enhanced funding for the NIH is a proven and wise investment. Not only has NIH supported research saved lives and revolutionized patient care, it has generated economic growth and innovation.
Robust NIH funded research is the best chance to find a cure for heart disease, stroke and other forms of cardiovascular disease---a major cause of permanent disability, the leading cause of death in our state, and our nation's most costly killer. However, NIH continues to invest only 5% of its budget on heart research and mere 1% on stroke research. These funding levels do not allow scientists to take advantage of promising opportunities that could lead to new treatments and prevention strategies, and even cures.
NIH invests resources in every state and in 90% of congressional districts. In fact, each grant generates an average of seven primarily high-tech jobs.
Thank you in advance for making increased funding for the NIH a top priority to ensure continued progress is made in the fight against our nation's No. 1 and No. 4 killers, heart disease and stroke. Medical research is truly the key to treating and preventing these costly and deadly diseases.
