Okay, so that was a link to 2014 funding. Sorry.
Here's what we face in 2017 - more deception:
"While the Lyme disease provision of the 21st Century Cures Act sounds great, it unfortunately does not provide any funding at all for additional Lyme disease research. This is a great disappointment because funding is needed, and because looking at NIH al
locations for other infectious diseases reveals a tremendous bias against Lyme: Over 300,000 cases per year, dismissed as insignificant and warranting $24 million in NIH funding, in favor of Zika’s emergency status (like SARS, swine and bird flus, Ebola), which is the top priority at CDC and to which Congress last year considered dedicating $622 million to $1.1 billion in response to the White House’s request for $1.9 billion.
CDC Director Tom Frieden was quoted in the New York Times as saying: “Three months is an eternity for control of an outbreak,” he said, adding: “There is a narrow window of opportunity here and it’s closing. Every day that passes makes it harder to stop Zika. This is no way to fight an epidemic,” Frieden said. To date, Zika has affected 216 people on American soil.
Annually, over 300,000 Americans contract Lyme disease in this country. Think about
those numbers. You can count to 544. Try counting to 300,000. So while the working group may recommend research, the Lyme provision of the new legislation will not provide any funding for Lyme disease research—funding must be found elsewhere. "
(I broke up the paragraph for easier reading is all)
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2017-brings-hope-for-lyme-disease-sufferers_us_5874e964e4b08052400ee62b