Health Care Blog February 6, 2024
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (“HHS”) is responsible for a wide range of activities relating to medical and public health. It has 60,000 employees and a $1.7 trillion annual budget with approximately $140 billion for discretionary spending. For the past 13 years, HHS has been spearheading a National Plan for addressing Alzheimer’s disease – with some notable successes.
Given its resources, expertise and charter, HHS should launch a National Plan to cure Parkinson’s disease patterned after its approach on Alzheimer’s disease.
Legislation, or Not
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R.2365, the National Plan to Cure Parkinson’s Disease.
The bill would establish HHS as the central point for strategic direction and coordination of PD research. It...
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