According to the New York Times, the final stimulus bill that will be voted on and become law this week includes $10 billion over two years for medical research funding through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), thanks to Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
NIH funding has been stagnant for five years, and currently totals about $30 billion annually.
While Psoriasis Cure Now takes no position on whether the stimulus bill should become law–there are concerns that spending $800 billion now will starve NIH and other programs of funding for many years to come–the $10 billion for NIH does improve our chances of achieving our goal of seeing psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis funding rise to $20 million by 2012. Last year, psoriasis finding equaled just $8 million.
Thanks to all who wrote to Congress through this website and through our www.StimulateResearch.org sister site.
Category: Psoriasis Cure Now, Psoriasis Research, Public policy issues
Tags: NIH
