Becker's Healthcare April 12, 2021
President Joe Biden has released his $1.52 trillion budget plan for fiscal year 2022.
The proposal, released April 9, is for discretionary funding and calls for a new research agency and more funding to curb the opioid crisis.
Below are six healthcare-related proposals in the president’s budget plan:
1. Discretionary funding for HHS. The proposal requests $131.7 billion in discretionary spending for HHS, a $25 billion or 23.5 percent increase from funding levels the year prior.
2. Discretionary funding for CMS. The proposal requests $8.7 billion in discretionary spending for CMS, the largest budget authority increase in nearly 20 years. This spending would focus on data collection modernization, as well as training and hiring more epidemiologists to support local public...
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