Senate Passes Sweeping 21st Century Cures Act Funding Medicine
Health Dec 7 2016, 6:35 pm ET
Senate Passes Sweeping 21st Century Cures Act Funding Medicine
by Maggie Fox
The Senate passed an extensive medical funding bill Wednesday, sending it to the desk of President Barack Obama, who says he'll happily sign it.
It was a rare demonstration of unity in a Congress badly split by politics and usually determined to thwart any initiatives coming out the White House. But the $6.3 billion legislation easily passed the Senate in a vote of 94-5.
The measure pays for some of Obama's pet projects, including the Cancer Moonshot that Vice President Joe Biden leads.
"This bill will make a big difference, and I look forward to signing it as soon as it reaches my desk," Obama said in a statement.
The 21st Century Cures Act has been two years in the making and it was one of the most heavily lobbied pieces of legislation in recent history. It pays for cancer research, pays to fight the epidemic of opioid abuse, funds mental health treatment, helps the Food and Drug Administration to speed up drug approvals and pushes better use of technology in medicine.
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Senate Passes Sweeping 21st Century Cures Act Funding Medicine
by Maggie Fox
The Senate passed an extensive medical funding bill Wednesday, sending it to the desk of President Barack Obama, who says he'll happily sign it.
It was a rare demonstration of unity in a Congress badly split by politics and usually determined to thwart any initiatives coming out the White House. But the $6.3 billion legislation easily passed the Senate in a vote of 94-5.
The measure pays for some of Obama's pet projects, including the Cancer Moonshot that Vice President Joe Biden leads.
"This bill will make a big difference, and I look forward to signing it as soon as it reaches my desk," Obama said in a statement.
The 21st Century Cures Act has been two years in the making and it was one of the most heavily lobbied pieces of legislation in recent history. It pays for cancer research, pays to fight the epidemic of opioid abuse, funds mental health treatment, helps the Food and Drug Administration to speed up drug approvals and pushes better use of technology in medicine.
READ MORE: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/...
