President’s proposed budget slashes health department by 12% while throwing $1.5tn – a 42% increase – to the military President’s proposed budget slashes health department by 12% while throwing $1.5tn – a 42% increase – to the military Americans are dying in droves. Deaths due to avoidable causes in the United States –which could be dealt with via prevention or proper healthcare – far outpace those in most of country’s peers in the industrialized world. Most notably, Americans die of treatable