For the Media

“While it’s critical to remain open to new data and responsive to emerging issues, revisiting long-settled science—such as the safety of vaccine schedules or ingredients—can cause harm by lending credibility to disinformation and fueling public confusion. Doing so risks undermining decades of public health progress built on sound, evidence-based science.” – Jodie Guest, PhD

“It is tough to think about getting this far [with HIV prevention research, viral suppression, PrEP access, and dips in cases], only to remove policies that reduce out-of-pocket costs for PrEP, which is a big part of why we’ve found success. This won’t just increase the rates of HIV in our country—and potentially cost us lives—it will cost the United States a lot of money.” – Patrick Sullivan, PhD

"The real issue for Medicare is how to balance the volume of physician services with payment. Medicare tries to limit the rate of growth in physician total payments, which means that providers need to see more patients to adjust for decreased revenue. As an alternative to the “doc fix” campaign, one proposed solution to effectively manage billions of physician services is making updates to the physician fee schedule, with an annual update based on a portion of the growth in the Medicare Economic Index." – Edmund Becker, PhD