The Remington Report

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released an $879 billion proposed budget for Department of Health and Human Services programs in fiscal year 2010, a $63 billion increase from FY 2009. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released an $879 billion proposed budget for Department of Health and Human Services programs in fiscal year 2010, a $63 billion increase from FY 2009.

The HHS budget calls for a $635 billion reserve fund to help pay for health reform over 10 years, partly through savings from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The budget would raise funding for nursing education programs to $263 million, a $92 million increase, and provide $125 million for rural health programs and $310 million for Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education. It also would increase funding for the Medicare Integrity Program’s anti-fraud efforts, which the administration estimates will save $2.7 billion over five years.