The House Appropriations Committee's draft fiscal 2016 HHS funding bill would defund the Affordable Care Act, cut CMS funding by more than $300 million, dismantle the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and stop HHS from paying for patient-centered outcomes research. AcademyHealth and the American Public Health Association blasted the decision to terminate AHRQ on Twitter shortly after the draft was released. Emily Holubowich, who leads Friends of AHRQ and works with AcademyHealth, noted that the draft also sparked a...