Advocacy > 2008:  Money and Budget Matters

Last update: 07/22/2014

We provide information about how our taxes and donations are being applied to research here.

• Nation's investment in cancer search (2008) http://plan.cancer.gov/budget.shtml  

  At a Glance* (dollars in thousands)
  Fiscal Year 2007 Estimate		$4,696,227
  Current Services Increase		282,998
  	Subtotal	$4,979,225
  Fiscal Year 2008 Additional Resources
  	Increase Success Rate for Research Project Grants	277,000
  	Expanding Cancer Center Research	77,000
  	Linking Science and Technology	170,000
  	Integrating Science through Interdisciplinary Teams	196,000
  	Cancer Clinical Trials	100,000
  	Subtotal	$820,000
  Total NCI		$5,799,225
  * Does not include the NCI contribution to the NIH Roadmap.

  
  

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) budget 2005-7: http://www.hhs.gov/budget/07budget/centersformed.html#cmsovrv 

• The NIH Budget and the Future of Biomedical Research - content.nejm.org
  
  Joseph Loscalzo, M.D., Ph.D.
  
  Whatever mechanisms are ultimately chosen, it seems clear that new methods of support must be developed if biomedical research is to continue to thrive in the United States. The goal of a durable, steady stream of support for research in the life sciences has never been more pressing, since the research derived from that support has never promised greater benefits. The fate of life-sciences research should not be consigned to the political winds of Washington.

• Projecting Future Drug Expenditures--2004 - Medscape (free login req.)

• Hidden drug-re-import potential (commentary) - Washington Times

• Clinical Research "Undernourished" in U.S. Health System - Medscape 2004 (free login req.)

• Clinical Trials Cost No More Than Standard Care 2000/05/26 - ACS

• New Medicare policy will deny access to novel therapies, including treatments 
  that win approval based on surrogate endpoints.  Click here to act

• Act Now: Support Full NIH Funding for Medical Research

• NCI Bypass Budget - NIH