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Cato‑affiliated scholar urges payment redesign to curb fraud and improve value in mental‑health spending
Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services (first roundtable) · March 27, 2026
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Summary
David Hyman told a congressional roundtable that fraud and misaligned incentives, not only clinical failure, help explain rising spending with poor outcomes, and he recommended front‑end payment and program design changes rather than relying solely on prosecutions.
David Hyman framed the problem in economic and programmatic terms. Citing recent peer‑reviewed analysis, he said mental‑health and substance‑use spending has risen faster than other medical spending and that a large share of growth reflects treating more people rather than rising per‑unit costs.
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