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Experts confident of congressional funding for US Cures Act

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Volume 389,  Number 10065
14  January 2017

How future funding for the landmark 21st Century Cures Act and repeal of the Affordable Care Act may affect its success.  [Interviews with lead sponsors Representatives Fred Upton, Diana DeGette, NIH Director Francis Collins, and patient advocates.  Full article here

Biomedical research bill becomes law, but critics raise concerns over long-term implementation

Susan Jaffe | Washington Correspondent for The Lancet | 14 December 2016

The 21st Century Cures Act that President Barack Obama signed into law this week dedicates – but doesnthe-lancet-usa-blog-logo1‘t guarantee – billions of dollars to accelerating the discovery of new drugs and medical devices and getting them to patents more quickly, as well as supporting opioid addiction treatment and reforms in mental health care.

President Barack Obama signs the 21st Century Cures Act, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. (Photo by Susan Jaffe)

The overwhelming support for the law marks a stark contrast from the Affordable Care Act, another landmark health reform bill Obama signed in the second year of his presidency.  Republicans promise to repeal it as soon as the new Congress convenes next month and Donald Trump is sworn in as president. But before the promised elimination of the ACA, Congress took nearly $5 billion from its Prevention and Public Health Fund to pay for most of the law.[Continued here.]

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