H.R. 3827 - To repeal the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research program and comparative effectiveness research funding

Doctors should decide needed care
As a member of the House Energy and Commerce Health subcommittee, I have voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and participated in dozens of hearings that revealed astronomical costs, billion-dollar slush funds, and countless other negative consequences of the health care law. Throughout our thorough examination of the law, one particular provision in PPACA came to light and is one of the starkest examples of the government encroaching on the personal lives of citizens. Section 6301 of the bill creates the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), a new government clearinghouse for comparative effectiveness research.

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H.R. 1612 - To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a commission on urotrauma.

Guthrie introduces legislation to support research on urotrauma, help soldiers
Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) introduced legislation Friday, April 15, 2011, that aims to support research on urological trauma in an effort to improving the care of injuries to the genitourinary system suffered by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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H.R. 1216 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations.

House passes Guthrie legislation cutting mandatory spending account in health care bill
 Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced, today, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, that the U.S. House of Representatives passed his bill, H.R. 1216, on a 234-185 vote. Congressman Guthrie’s bill targets one of the many mandatory spending accounts included in the recently signed health care law. 

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