The government shutdown over passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has led to suspension of normal activities by many agencies overseen by HHS; service agencies will remain largely unaffected, but grant-making, employee-intensive and research agencies, including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health, will operate at a much reduced capacity, according to HHS’ contingency staffing plan for operations in the absence of enacted annual appropriations.
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