The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes lots of money for health care, including health programs that are evidence-based. That means independent researchers have studied the programs and concluded that they actually improve patient health.

The legislation, which President Barack Obama supported, includes a $1 billion Prevention and Wellness Fund. Within the fund, $650 million goes to "to carry out evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies authorized by the Public Health Service Act, as determined by the Secretary (of Health and Human Services), that deliver specific, measurable health outcomes that address chronic disease rates."

There's still a lot of implementation to go on this promise. And though Obama has nominated a secretary of health and human services — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sibelius — she has yet to be confirmed.

But he has gotten the funding for proven health intervention programs, so we rate this promise In the Works.