The Social Cost of Healthcare's GHG Emissions
Today, The Hill published my writing they’ve titled, “The social costs of greenhouse gas emissions in health care are astounding - and we’ve been ignoring them completely.” In 2020 dollars, the annual social cost ranges between $255 billion and $3.6 trillion. This sadly is a crude estimate because the EPA does not calculate annual healthcare industry GHG or CO2e emissions nor does the EPA calculate the social cost of anesthetic gases - that are significant considering their GWP or Global Warming Potential. At: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4405074-the-social-costs-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-in-healthcare-are-astounding-and-weve-been-ignoring-them-completely/.