Industry-Endorsed Pain Bill Attached To Senate Health Reform Measure
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A Senate health reform bill now includes language to boost pain research at the National Institutes of Health and provide $5 million annually to educate health care providers about pain care
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