House Bill Would Terminate Funding for AHRQ

A draft appropriations bill released by the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee would terminate funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality beginning Oct. 1, according to an AHA News Now report.

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The bill would also end federal funding for patient-centered outcomes research and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s prevention fund.

The bill is scheduled for markup by the committee this week.

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