HR 3200 would formalize a comparative effectiveness research center within AHRQ (the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality). An independent CER commission would be formed to oversee the center, recommend research priorities and conduct stakeholder outreach.
Our friend and colleague (and House Energy & Commerce Committee member) Congressman Mike Rogers (R, MI) sponsored an amendment that says "in no case may any research conducted, supported or developed by the Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research, the Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission, or the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research be used by the federal government to deny or ration care."
Pleased to report that the amendment passed, despite a “nay” from Mr. Waxman.
