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Global Health MattersNovember - December, 2008 | Volume 7, Issue 6
U.S. health research stagnant, says advocacy groupFunding of medical and health research from government and private sources was approximately $122.4 billion in 2007 according to a new report from Research!America. The advocacy group says the amount represents 5.5 percent of the $2.25 trillion projected for 2007 health spending overall in the United States, which it says is "a stagnation relative to total health costs, a trend that began in 2004. "Cuts in spending power have had devastating effects on the research community and young scientists in particular," said former Rep. John Edward Porter, chair of Research!America. "Without real growth in our federal research investment, we lose the innovation that has built our economy and represents our future. Science will only be a funding priority if we do something about it." The Research!America report, 2007 Investment in U.S. Health Research, finds that spending by sector on health-related research was flat or rose just slightly from 2006:
"Now is the time to take bold actions both personally and through advocacy groups to accelerate support for all health and medical research," said Mary Woolley, president and CEO of Research!America. "By failing to do so, we consign ourselves and future generations to a world with little hope for dramatically improving human health and well-being."
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