The 195 undersigned organizations and institutions representing patients and caregivers, health providers, faculty and students, scientists, policy professionals, employers, and insurers are very concerned about the future of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) given the proposed termination of the agency by the House Appropriations Committee and the proposed 35 percent cut to the agency’s base budget by the Senate Appropriations Committee. We understand lawmakers face difficult choices in funding myriad priorities with increasingly limited resources, but deep cuts to AHRQ in the current fiscal environment are pennywise and pound foolish. As you work to enact final spending legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2016, we hope Congress will work together to enact sequestration relief and restore AHRQ’s budget authority to $364 million.#GPAC2015#Health#LettersandComments