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Phase 1: Enactment & build · Step 1.10

Create the Health Technology Assessment Institute

Months 0–18; continuous · HTA Institute (independent, within HHS)Discuss this step
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AHRQ & PCORI (comparative-effectiveness research)

absorbedYear 0–1Federal programs
Today

Fund comparative-effectiveness research; PCORI is barred from using cost-per-QALY thresholds for coverage.

Under the plan

Merged into the Health Technology Assessment Institute, whose findings inform coverage directly.

Trade-off

Research gains direct influence on coverage; research independence may suffer when findings carry coverage stakes.