Diana Zuckerman is president of the National Center for Health Research, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C.
Diana Zuckerman
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National Center for Health Research
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3 July 2018 | 5 min read
Why the 21st Century Cures Act could be disastrous for medicine
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