参议员柯林斯在提议削减 41% 的情况下推动提高 NIH 资金，尽管医疗补助削减，但仍支持农村医院基金。 Senator Collins pushes for higher NIH funding amid proposed 41% cut, supports rural hospital fund despite Medicaid cuts.

参议员苏珊·柯林斯敦促国会根据特朗普政府预算计划削减41%的提议, 增加国家卫生研究所的资金。 Senator Susan Collins is urging Congress to increase National Institutes of Health funding amid a proposed 41% cut under the Trump administration’s budget plan. 她在波士顿世界医学创新论坛发言时强调,需要通过增加NIH资金来留住全球顶级研究人员,并指出她的委员会已经通过了预算增加4亿美元。 Speaking at the World Medical Innovation Forum in Boston, she emphasized the need to retain top global researchers by boosting NIH funding, noting her committee has passed a budget increase of $400 million. Collins还主张设立一个500亿美元的农村医院改造基金,以支持农村保健提供者,尽管由于医疗补助计划削减,她不支持最终法案。 Collins also advocated for a $50 billion Rural Hospital Transformation Fund to support rural healthcare providers, though she did not support the final bill due to Medicaid cuts. 最后的预算决定仍有待作出。 The final budget decision remains pending.