In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Washington has initiated its largest spending binge in history. In the process, you might assume that the unparalleled spread of the disease would have led to a little rethinking when it came to all the trillions of dollars Congress has given the Pentagon in these years that have in no way made us safer from, or prepared us better to respond to, this predictable threat to American national security.
As it happens, though, even if the rest of us remain in danger from the coronavirus, Congress has done a remarkably good job of vaccinating the Department of Defense and the weapons makers that rely on it financially.
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President Biden’s fiscal 2022 discretionary federal budget proposal, released on Friday, includes $131.7 billion for the Health and Human Services Department, which is 23.5% more than the department received for fiscal 2021. “COVID-19 shed light on how health inequities and lack of federal funding left communities vulnerable to crises,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra in a statement. “The president’s funding request invests in America, addresses racial disparities in health care, tackles the opioid crisis, and puts us on a better footing to take on the next public health crisis.” Public health and equity are key focuses of the proposal overall. Here are some of the other recent headlines you might have missed.