House Bill Would Cut HHS Budget By 6%, CDC By 19% And Eliminate AHRQ

Will eliminating the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality mean darker days for healthcare safety and quality? (Photo: Getty) getty

Will this be the House of the setting sun for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality? The Trump Administration has been trying to eliminate AHRQ , the one federal agency responsible for research into healthcare safety and quality. And now it looks like the House Appropriations Committee is going along with that plan.

The House committee’s new proposed bill and budget doesn’t include AHRQ, calling it “duplicative” in a recently-released fact sheet without specifying how and why. This is part of the committee’s proposed 6% slash to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services budget for this upcoming fiscal year that would mean $7 billio