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U.S. Public Health Funding on the Decline

Lisa Rapaport  |  

At the same time, the ACA requires insurance to cover some services such as vaccinations that might have previously been provided by public health departments, Leibowitz adds.

“We can expect public health spending to account for a smaller share of total health expenditure in the future because the ACA will increase private health spending,” Leibowitz says.

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