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yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 07:05 PM Dec 2016

Obama signs medical cures bill into law

One last dance...

Source: The Hill, by Peter Sullivan

President Obama on Tuesday signed a sweeping medical cures bill into law, capping more than a year of bipartisan negotiations.

The 21st Century Cures Act seeks to speed up the approval of new drugs and invests new money in medical research.

The measure grew to include a slew of bipartisan priorities, including $1 billion over two years to fight the epidemic of opioid addiction and $1.8 billion for Vice President Biden’s cancer “moonshot” initiative. A long-awaited mental health bill was also included in the package.

The bill passed both houses of Congress on overwhelming bipartisan votes, an unusual development on healthcare as lawmakers gear up for a partisan fight over ObamaCare in the new year.

Read the rest at: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/310223-obama-signs-medical-cures-bill-into-law


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Obama signs medical cures bill into law (Original Post) yallerdawg Dec 2016 OP
This is wonderful news, yallerdawg. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #1
A little of this, a little of that. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #2
A small step. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #3

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
2. A little of this, a little of that.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 07:31 PM
Dec 2016

Not perfect, both sides had issues with it, but they negotiated and compromised.

It took 7 years and 11 months to get here.

Very, very bittersweet.

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