US White House contenders: Who's best for science, health investment?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
With the 6 November US presidential election fast approaching, some of the nation's top scientists and health economists and experts last week weighed in on who should govern policy and control federal spending over the next four years for the National Institutes of Health, Health and Human Services and the other health care and scientific agencies, along with deciding the future of the 2010 health care reform law – pointing out the contrasts between the two White House contenders.
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