House GOP Health Reform Plan Adopts ‘Cures’ Innovation Provisions
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
First official Republican plan for replacing Affordable Care Act includes some provisions of House 21st Century Cures bill and would eliminate ACA's annual drug industry fee, IPAB and CMMI.
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