Budget

The Trump administration is proposing a $40 million cut in FDA appropriations for the remainder of fiscal 2017, driven primarily by reductions in staffing, according to a document obtained by Inside Washington Publishers, which was recently sent to congressional appropriators.

President Donald Trump's “skinny budget” for fiscal 2018 pumps more money into efforts to stem Medicare and Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse, but also signals possible changes to Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program by saying agency resources should be focused on the “highest priority activities” necessary to keep the programs running efficiently.

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget blueprint calls for industry to double up on user fees to fully pay for FDA premarket approvals in exchange for administrative reforms aimed at speeding products to market.

Non-defense federal agencies will be cut a total of $54 billion as part of President Donald Trump's proposed discretionary budget to offset new military spending the White House said Monday (Feb. 27), a cut if applied equally across agencies could render FDA incapable of fulfilling its responsibilities, a longtime FDA observer told Inside Health Policy.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says President Donald Trump should propose Medicare and Social Security reforms in his “skinny budget” that is expected soon.

Democrats blasted Republicans over several draft reform bills that would stabilize the marketplace saying the reforms are incomplete and would take the health care system back to the way it was before the Affordable Care Act, especially if Republicans move forward with repealing the health care law.

FDA’s efforts to fill 1,000 vacancies at the agency, boosted by provisions in the 21^st Century Cures Act, could be jeopardized by President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed federal government hiring freeze, warned Steven Grossman, deputy executive director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.

The Senate failed Tuesday (Sept. 27) to advance a temporary government spending bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that would fund Zika vaccine development and mosquito control, as well as provide resources for the opioid bill signed into law earlier this year.

House Appropriations health subcommittee Republicans on Thursday (July 7) blocked Democrats’ amendments to restore funding that the chamber's HHS-spending bill would eliminate, such as money for Obamacare programs, comparative-effectiveness research and family planning programs.