U.S. has fostered quality of care through investment and achievements in medical science

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U.S. has fostered quality of care through investment and achievements in medical science.

In less than a decade, the U.S. more than doubled NIH’s budget in nominal dollars—from about $11 billion in 1994 to over $23 billion in 2002.
The bulk of privately funded pharmaceutical research—$24 billion—was conducted in the U.S.
Recent U.S. medical advances include mapping the human genome, treating the AIDS virus, and researching the use of vaccines for certain types of cancer.