A proposal to better capture the long-term value of health care prevention.
For a deeper dive, we invite you to explore how the American Medical Association (AMA) is supporting a new bipartisan bill (S. 3204/H.R. 4464), called the Preventive Health Savings Act, in an article by Jennifer Lubell from the American Medical Association: “Extend the federal budget window to boost preventive health“.
This article explores how the Preventive Health Savings Act would change how the federal government scores health spending. Currently, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) looks at costs and savings over a 10-year period—but the bill would let the CBO expand that window to 30 years when evaluating preventive health policies. The AMA says this longer view would better capture the long-term savings from preventive care and help lawmakers understand how investing in prevention (like screenings and early disease intervention) can improve health and reduce costs overall.
Jennifer Lubell is a freelance writer in the Washington, D.C. area and a Contributing News Writer for the AMA. She is a great writer for those interested in learning more about health care practice trends and policy and clinical research.
