American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
February 17, 2009
President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R.1) Tuesday, February 17. The ARRA (a.k.a. Economic Stimulus Package) has a number of provisions that will affect the rheumatology community.
These provisions include:
$10 billion for the National Institutes of Health
$2 billion for health information technology grants, training, and infrastructure
$1.1 billion for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for comparative effectiveness research
Expansion of COBRA eligibility
