New suicidal national lifeline struggling to keep up with volume, advocates say

Kristi Daugherty remembers the announcement like it was yesterday. It was March 11, 2021, one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and in those twelve months, emerging data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that historical rates of mental illness , overdose deaths and suicide deaths were … Read more

AMA: The state of mental health in children in the United States is a national emergency

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The end of COVID-19 policies will affect national health spending

By Kelsey Waddill June 15, 2023 – The CMS Office of the Actuary has reported that average annual growth in national health care spending between 2022 and 2031 will exceed average annual growth in gross domestic product (GDP). The average growth in national health expenditure is expected to increase by 5.4% each year during the … Read more