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Created: 2025-05-07 18:02:13 UTC

The NIH budget ballooned from $121.3B in 2019 to $172B by 2024 - a XXXX% increase under the last administration. While new leadership talks transparency, real accountability means auditing where those extra $50B+ went. How much funded actual research vs bureaucratic bloat?

The Scientific Integrity Policy (2024) claims to combat political interference, but let’s see audits of projects like the $367M Acacia Center contract HHS just canceled.

Gold-standard science requires cutting waste first.


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