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Six Takeaways Of The KHN-AP Investigation Into The Erosion Of Public Health
Submitted by gmccalister on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 09:44
- Since 2010, spending for state public health departments has dropped by 16% per capita, and for local health departments by 18%.
- At least 38,000 state and local public health jobs have disappeared since the 2008 recession.
- Nearly two-thirds of Americans live in counties that spend more than twice as much on policing as they spend on non-hospital health care, which includes public health.
- More than three-quarters of Americans live in states that spend less than $100 per person annually on public health. Spending ranges from $32 in Louisiana to $263 in Delaware.
- Some public health workers earn so little that they qualify for government assistance.
- States, cities and counties whose tax revenues have declined during the current recession have begun laying off and furloughing public health staffers.
Source: KHN, Six Takeaways Of The KHN-AP Investigation Into The Erosion Of Public Health
Source URL: https://khn.org/news/six-takeaways-of-the-khn-ap-investigati...
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