Medical Economics March 14, 2024
Department is seeking more than $1.7 trillion for mandatory programs, $130.7 billion in discretionary spending.
Senators want to know how the next budget of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will affect various aspects of health care around the nation.
On March 14, members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee held the hearing, “The President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Health and Human Services Budget.” They spent three hours questioning HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra about issues ranging from prescription drug prices to the nation’s southern border to nursing home staffing levels to access to mifepristone for abortion.
HHS has proposed $130.7 billion in discretionary spending and $1.7 trillion in mandatory expenditures for fiscal year 2025.
In his opening statement,...
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