Gun Injuries in the U.S. Cost $1 Billion Per Year, Watchdog Says
July 14, 2021 12:25 pm |
BloombergFirearm injuries in the U.S. cost more than $1 billion per year, with public insurance programs picking up more than half the tab, according to a federal watchdog.
- The cost of emergency department and inpatient care to treat gunshot injuries was just over $1 billion in each 2016 and 2017, the Government Accountability Office finds in a report released Wednesday
- Medicaid covered 50% those costs; other public insurance such as Medicare covered 13%
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Robin Kelly(D-Ill.) requested the report
- NOTE: House Democrats are proposing $150 million for firearm injury research and prevention in fiscal 2022 health spending bill
Gun Injuries in the U.S. Cost $1 Billion Per Year, Watchdog Says
Bloomberg
July 14, 2021 12:25 pm
Firearm injuries in the U.S. cost more than $1 billion per year, with public insurance programs picking up more than half the tab, according to a federal watchdog.
- The cost of emergency department and inpatient care to treat gunshot injuries was just over $1 billion in each 2016 and 2017, the Government Accountability Office finds in a report released Wednesday
- Medicaid covered 50% those costs; other public insurance such as Medicare covered 13%
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Robin Kelly(D-Ill.) requested the report
- NOTE: House Democrats are proposing $150 million for firearm injury research and prevention in fiscal 2022 health spending bill