President Biden on Friday proposed a 23% funding increase for HHS, with more money for rural health, mental health, pandemic preparedness and other administrative priorities.
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WASHINGTON, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Chronic underfunding of the public health system was a key contributing factor in the nation s flatfooted response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report,
The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America s Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2021, released today by Trust for America s Health.
The report discusses how the underfunding of core public health programs impeded the pandemic response and exacerbated its impacts. According to the report s authors, the missteps of the 2020 COVID-19 response were rooted in a public health system weakened by years of underfunding, the federal government s failure to communicate and follow the best available science, and, health inequities that put communities of color and Tribal Nations at particular risk.
As many of us are starting to see the small light at the end of the tunnel, many hospitals are still reeling from the stress of the last year. Following the recent release of.
As many of us are starting to see the small light at the end of the tunnel, many hospitals are still reeling from the stress of the last year. Following the recent release of “Hospital.