Missouri's 8th Congressional District
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Until Missouri congressman's bill to ban ‘Quality-Adjusted Life Years’ becomes law, ‘state level action’ is needed, says national patient advocate
The U.S. House recently passed Missouri U.S. Rep. Jason Smith’s (R-8) bill to ban federal health care programs from “using prices that are based on quality-adjusted life years” (QALYs), but the chair of a national patient care group said that until that bill is signed into law, a state-level bill “is needed to protect people with disabilities.”