Tag: government spending and health

In Oregon, which has only about 1% of the national population, medical expenditures for psychiatric drugs in fiscal year 2017-2018 were $82.2 million for adults, and another $8.7 million for youth. Every advocate in the US should request these figures from their state Medicaid offices.

Canadian study finds that social service spending is associated with a decrease in mortality and increase in life expectancy.