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Countercyclical Aid Is Not Enough to Fix the Broken US Approach to Public Health Financing

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Consider, for example, the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Program (SLFRF) — enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan Act — which provided $350 billion in flexible aid to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. This precludes rebuilding the decimated public health workforce.