
The Future of Public Health, 2022 Edition
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?'
Is This an Opportunity to Rebuild the Public Health System?
Is this an opportunity to maybe sort of tear down the entire public health system that we have and rebuild it from scratch? Well, of course, our commission talked about that issue, that we really do have an antiquated public health system. We have over two thousand 800 different health departments and agencies across the country. Some don't even have an epidemiologist. And some are very, very sophisticated with lots of resources and access to much more modern technology. i think we all have a responsibility to help really examine how to make the public health system more functional.
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