White House: NIH spending boost comes at healthcare's expense
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
While White House officials praised the proposed increases in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) included in the Republicans' House and Senate spending bills for Health and Human Services (HHS), they said those extra dollars would come at the expense of other healthcare programs, including those created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which would be defunded if the legislation is enacted.