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On the recordJune 11, 2025
my father was a physician. One of the main things he was taught in medical school--and I think it is part of the Hippocratic oath--is do no harm. Our budgets are doing a great deal of harm to our healthcare system. The Association of Medical Colleges came out with a statement yesterday that our healthcare is in existential crisis because of the cuts to research and the cuts to graduate medical education; that our medical schools will suffer; and the number of doctors that are produced will suffer. That is not even to mention the problems immediately to people from taking away their Medicaid, taking away their ACA, and taking away that healthcare. Do no harm. This bill is a big, deadly bill. People will die because of it because we are not putting money in the NIH that does the research to protect us from the diseases that kill us such as cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, heart disease, and diabetes. The NIH is our Department of Defense. Francis Collins did a great job. He left it in good hands. Let's keep ourselves safe. Do no harm.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Addressing the impact of budget cuts on healthcare and medical research.

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