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US Healthcare Research Agency on Brink of Collapse
WHY IT MATTERS
The collapse of the AHRQ could hinder efforts to improve patient safety and healthcare quality in the US.
What happened
Experts and lawmakers have expressed concern over the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) facing significant challenges. The agency's staff has been cut by 75 percent, and its grants have been canceled.
This has raised questions about the agency's survival.
Health policy experts Aaron Carroll and David Atkins have written that Republican leaders previously recognized healthcare disparities as fundamental quality problems, but they have become partisan issues.
PRIMARY SOURCES
"Sabotage": Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research
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