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Health Legislation in the 115th Congress: Interview with Sen

Season 2 Episode 30

Congress is engaged in vigorous debates about health reform, the federal budget, and other sweeping policy changes that could have a potent impact on health. The future of Obamacare and the possibility that Medicaid may be significantly restructured or cut back dramatically are very much in play. Funding for the biomedical research and public health activities of the NIH, CDC and FDA are uncertain

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