Here’s Everything the Federal Government Has Done to Respond to the Coronavirus So Far
The pandemic has caused a public health crisis as well as substantial economic disruption. So far, lawmakers have enacted six separate pieces of legislation.
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The pandemic has caused a public health crisis as well as substantial economic disruption. So far, lawmakers have enacted six separate pieces of legislation.
Healthcare workers, providers, and hospitals have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, but how has the U.S. government supported the sector?
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/03/how-much-has-coronavirus-relief-helped-healthcare-providers
The latest budget outlook released by CBO is the first to fully capture the budgetary impact of the pandemic.
“CBO’s report shows 30 straight years of trillion-dollar deficits that grow and grow, leaving no doubt that we’re on a dangerous and unsustainable fiscal path.” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
“This report makes it painfully clear that our unsustainable fiscal challenges have now been accelerated. The sad truth is that our national debt now equals the size of our entire economy,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2020/09/peterson-statement-on-cbo-report
The pandemic exposed major U.S. healthcare issues, but key lessons can help improve the system going forward, according to two leading experts.
“There’s nothing that matters more right now to our physical, fiscal and economic health than defeating this virus,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2020/07/peterson-foundation-statement-on-the-trust-act
Despite higher healthcare spending per capita, the U.S. generally does not have better health outcomes.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0252_health_outcomes_spending
Healthcare expenditures in the U.S. are much higher than those of other developed countries.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0170_international_health_spending_comparison
United States per capita healthcare spending is nearly three times the average of other developed countries.