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Chronic Pain
Boston Scientific Welcomes Committee Approval of the National Pain Care Policy Act
March 21st, 2009
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) today welcomed approval by the U.S. House of Representative's Energy and Commerce Committee of the National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009. The legislation will now move to consideration by the full House. It unanimously passed the House last year and was reintroduced this year by Rep. Lois Capps (D-California) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Michigan). If enacted, it will help evaluate the current state of chronic pain care in the United States. The Act expands research by the Pain Consortium at the National Institutes of Health on the causes and potential treatments for pain, provides greater education and training for healthcare...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-03-21)
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