Health spending would increase by almost a quarter of its current funding level as the White House aims to build a new health research agency, eliminate racial and socioeconomic disparities, and beef up the nation’s public health preparedness.
President Joe Biden’s budget request, released Friday, includes includes $133.7 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services. That amount represents a 23.4% increase from the fiscal 2021 enacted level of $108.6 billion.
About a quarter of the $25 billion increase, or $6.5 billion, would build the Advanced Research Projects Agency, or ARPA-H, a new effort housed within the National ...