Special Hearing on Ergonomics Testimony Submitted to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education

Research funding. Politics and funding in the U.S. public biomedical R&D system.

1797 POLICYFORUM F ederal funding for biomedical R&D through the National Institutes of Health has grown from $8.3 billion in FY1984 to $28.7 billion in FY2008 (1, 2). The NIH supports half of all federal nondefense R&D and more than 60% of federally funded research in American universities (3). The agency awards funds to research performers based on " peer review " but the decisions are not in...

Testimony of Jill C. Manning, M.s. Hearing on Pornography’s Impact on Marriage & the Family Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Committee on Judiciary United States Senate

United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Judiciary Hearing on “Role of Litigation in Patient Access to Care” Statement of James Hurley, ACAS, MAAA Chairperson, Medical Malpractice Subcommittee American Academy of Actuaries

The American Academy of Actuaries is the public policy organization for actuaries practicing in all specialties within the United States. A major purpose of the Academy is to act as the public information organization for the profession. The Academy is non-partisan and assists the public policy process through the presentation of clear and objective actuarial analysis. The Academy regularly pre...

“Hearing from All Sides” How Legislative Testimony Influences State Level Policy-Makers in the United States

Background This paper investigates whether state legislators find testimony influential, to what extent testimony influences policy-makers’ decisions, and defines the features of testimony important in affecting policy-makers’ decisions.   Methods We used a mixed method approach to analyze responses from 862 state-level legislators in the United States (U.S.). Data were collected via a phone su...

Lagniappe: the impact of headache disorders in America.

The immense burden of headache disorders in America has been very rarely considered during the formal deliberations of Congress. On February 14, 2012, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the United States Senate held a public hearing on Pain in America: Exploring Challenges to Relief. During that hearing, Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont entered into the Congressional R...