Savings From Removing Lead Service Lines in Michigan The 2018 Michigan Lead and Copper Rule established that all lead-containing water service lines would be replaced by 2041.
Using new inventory
data, Rhyan and coauthors estimate that replacing more than 400,000 lead service lines would reduce lead exposure for more than 400,000 newborns and generate $3.24 billion in future benefits, or a net savings of $1.91 billion.
Rhyan and coauthors predict that non-White and low-income newborn children in Michigan would especially benefit from lead water service line removal.
Alan Weil interviews Chip Kahn from the Federation of American Hospitals on his recent paper in which he and coauthors argue that CMS hospital value-based programs should be refined to reduce health disparities and improve outcomes.
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