The amount of electronic health care data is rapidly growing due to the widespread adoption of electronic health records and the popularity of digital health tools, such as wearable devices, biosensors, apps, and remote patient monitoring.

BPC's new report, Expanding the Use of Real-World Evidence in Regulatory and Value-Based Payment Decision-Making for Drugs and Biologics, offers recommendations for leveraging this data, while protecting patient privacy, to improve the Food and Drug Administration's regulatory decision-making, as well as value-based payment for drugs and biologics.
 
 
 
 
 
 
In his op-ed published in USA TODAY, BPC Senior Vice President G. William Hoagland examined the negative impacts that the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China have on the economy and American farmers.
  
 
 
Trump Administration Seeks to Penalize Immigrants for Using Public Benefits
 
 
Theresa Cardinal Brown, BPC's director of immigration and cross-border policy, appeared on "PBS NewsHour" to discuss the implications of the Trump administration's new rules to limit legal immigration by penalizing green card seekers who use, or might use, public benefit programs. 
  
 
 
Congress Must Rethink the Debt Limit
 
 
Shai Akabas, BPC's director of economic policy, penned an op-ed featured in The Hill that lays out a plan to reduce the risk of debt limit negotiations by establishing a dedicated process that forces Congress to debate deficit reduction.
  
 
 
It's Time to Transform Rural Health Care in America
 
 
Addressing health care inequalities in rural America is long overdue. BPC Co-Founder and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and former Iowa Rep. Tom Tauke co-wrote an op-ed published in the Des Moines Register urging Congress to pass laws that meet the unique health care challenges facing rural America.
  
 
 
EVENTS
 
 
 
The Bob & Elizabeth Dole Series on Leadership Featuring Derrick Johnson
 
 
Join us on Sep. 11 for an in-depth conversation with Derrick Johnson, president and chief executive officer of the NAACP, as he discusses what it means to be an effective leader in today's America. 
 
  
 
 
Changing Campus Culture: Student Leaders on Free Expression
 
 
On this Constitution Day, Sep. 17, BPC will convene a panel of student leaders who are promoting viewpoint diversity and a culture of open exchange on their college campuses.
 
  
 
 
 
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