Forefront: Children are facing a mental health state of emergency
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The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Dear John,
The latest Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) report
illustrates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on national health care
spending in 2020.
National Health Care Spending In 2020
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In an article published ahead-of-print today, Micah Hartman and
colleagues from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
report on national health care spending in 2020. This is the first of
the annual national spending reports to reflect the impacts of the
current pandemic.
The unprecedented government response to COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in a
substantial increase in national health expenditures, with US health
care spending increasing 9.7 percent to reach $4.1 trillion in 2020.
This is significantly greater than the 4.3 percent growth rate in 2019.
"The acceleration in 2020 was due to a 36.0 percent increase in
federal expenditures for health care that occurred largely in response
to the COVID-19 pandemic," write Hartman and colleagues. "Growth was
driven mainly by spending for the Provider Relief Fund and Paycheck
Protection Program loans, increased spending for federal public health
activity, and growth in the federal portion of Medicaid payments."
Read the report here
.
Today in Health Affairs Forefront, Vikki Wachino and coauthors call for
urgent action in response to the mental health state of emergency
that US children and adolescents are facing.
If you missed it yesterday, check out Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief
Alan Weil's article introducing readers to Health Affairs Forefront
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National Health Care Spending In 2020: Growth Driven By Federal Spending
In Response To The COVID-19 Pandemic
Micah Hartman et al.
The Kids Are Not All Right: The Urgent Need To Expand Effective
Behavioral Health Services For Children And Youth
Vikki Wachino et al.
Welcome To Health Affairs Forefront
Alan Weil
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