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Fiscal Year 2016 Funding Bill Seeks to Defund the ACA, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
In its proposed fiscal year 2016 funding bill, the House Appropriations Committee is looking to defund the Affordable Care Act, block additional funding for patient-centered outcomes research, and terminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
In its proposed fiscal year 2016 funding bill, the House Appropriations Committee is looking to defund the Affordable Care Act, block additional funding for patient-centered outcomes research, and terminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The draft bill reduces discretionary funding by $3.7 billion from fiscal year 2015 and is $14.6 billion below President Obama’s budget request.
“This legislation continues our efforts to reduce wasteful spending, to stop harmful and unnecessary regulations that kill jobs and impede economic growth, and to make wise investments in proven programs on behalf of the American taxpayer,” House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers said in a statement.
The bill rescinds $6.8 billion in funding for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and $100 million for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust, and will transfer $914.3 million from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
However, under the draft bill, the National Institutes of Health would receive $31.2 billion, which is $1.1 billion above funding for fiscal year 2015.
Read more at Inside Health Policy: http://bit.ly/1CdZ8ZA
Standard Criteria for Loss of Ambulation Needed in DMD
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Navigating Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and Discrimination in National Health Plans
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An Overview of Health Care and Pharmaceutical Trends, 2023-2024
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Drs Raymond Thertulien, Joseph Mikhael on Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Care Access
December 28th 2023In the wake of the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, Raymond Thertulien, MD, PhD, of Novant Health, and Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, chief medical officer of the International Myeloma Foundation, discussed health equity research highlights from the meeting and drivers of racial disparities in multiple myeloma outcomes.
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Real-World Study Reveals Key Insights Into DLBCL Treatment Patterns, Outcomes
April 18th 2024A recent study offers valuable insights into the characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in patients across different lines of therapy, providing a look into the landscape of DLBCL management.
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