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- Final White House Budget Confirms Increased Funding for CDC, New Health Care Agency
On May 28, the Biden Administration released its final 2022 $6 trillion budget proposal, including $2.3 trillion for its infrastructure proposal, $1.8 trillion for its education and families plan, and $1.5 trillion in proposed discretionary spending. This final budget proposal is a follow-up to the initial budget proposal released on April 9. The final budget proposal does include an additional $8.7 billion for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and a 23% boost to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Congress will ultimately determine the federal budget and is expected to do so by the end of 2021.
The proposed budget also asked Congress for $50.5 billion for the National Institutes of Health, and $6.5 billion for the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, which would focus on cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease research. The HHS budget would include $2.5 billion for COVID-19 and opioid pandemics. The administration also asked for $8.7 billion for the CDC, which would represent the largest budget authority increase in nearly two decades. The CDC would use this additional funding to support core public health capacity improvements in states and territories, modernize public health data collection nationwide, train new epidemiologists and other public health experts, and build international capacity to detect, prepare for, and respond to emerging global threats.
Additionally, the proposed budget supports lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60. The proposed budget outlines a public option available through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces; and giving people aged 60 and older the option to enroll in the Medicare program with the same premiums and benefits as current beneficiaries but with financing separate from the Medicare Trust Fund.