Forbes July 2, 2020
While the coronavirus pandemic is highlighting the current shortcomings of the American health system, a new report from Kaiser Health News and the Associated Press has shed light on its gradual decline over the past decade. It found that state spending for public health departments has dropped by 16% per capita since 2010 while spending for local health departments has fallen by 18%. At least 38,000 state and public health jobs have disappeared since the 2008 recession, leaving a skeletal workforce in what was once viewed as one of the world’s top public health systems. Worryingly, the situation is expected to get worse with possible county budget cuts looming due to the recession.
The report also contained an interesting...
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