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.
The Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA, Pub.L. 104-204) addressed aggregate lifetime. and annual dollar limits for mental health benefits and medical/surgical benefits offered by group. health plans (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such plans). The Balanced. Budget Act of 1997 (BBA, Pub.L. 105-33) added sections 1932(b)(8) and 2103(f)(2) of the Act.