Hill July 25, 2024
Mental health inequities are projected to cost the U.S. $14 trillion between now and 2040, according to a new study from the School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College and the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.
The analysis concluded that unaddressed mental health conditions create a significant economic burden for the country and that eliminating inequities in treatment could lead to significant savings on health care.
“In this country, what we recognize, we have never been able to realize anything, especially in policy, unless we can demonstrate value to the government,” Daniel Dawes, lead of the study, said at The Hill’s “Mind the Gap: The Cost of Mental Health Disparities” event Wednesday.
“We said, ‘let’s project out the costs,’ because...
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