Top Research Stories for 2016: #5. Identifying the new âweak spotsâ in the âsoft underbellyâ of the most aggressive forms of prostate cancer is the ultimate PCF R+D finding. In 2016, two PCF research teams of over 50 scientists studying a protein called N-Myc, found a major vulnerable new drug target.
The Balanced Budget Act signed into law by the President on August 5, 1997 contains the largest reductions in federal Medicaid spending in Medicaid since 1981. The legislation is projected to achieve gross federal Medicaid savings of $17 billion over the next five years and $61.4 billion over the next ten years.
State officials certainly take an obligation to balance the budget seriously, and in the debate over a federal balanced budget in the early-and mid-1990s, much of the discussion centered on the states' with balanced budgets.ther states may carry unavoidable deficits into the next fiscal year for resolution. There are three general kinds of state balanced budget requirements: 1  The governor's proposed budget must be balanced (43 states and Puerto Rico). 2  The budget the legislature passes must be balanced (39 states and Puerto Rico).