Greater Sudbury councillors approve stiff hikes in some user fees - Take our poll question It will cost a lot more over the next two years to send your kids to Camp Sudaca and summer playground programs.

If you want to send your kid to #SummerCamp, it'll cost you more this yr in #GreaterSudbury. #UserFees for #CampSudaca and the summer playground prgms are going up substantially, but the increase will be phased in over 2y. Camp Sudaca will cost campers $325/wk.
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FDA could hike user fees for ex-US drug programmes FDA mulls reduced fees for programmes with US-based phase 1 trials, and higher fees for those tested overseas, to incentivise US R&D.

The next iteration of FDA #userfees could see the charges for programmes that run clinical #earlystagetrials in the #US fall, and rise for those in which studies are conducted abroad, in a bid to #incentivise domestic #drugdevelopment.

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#Albertans need to "get used" to 🫱🏼💸privately for their #healthcare ⚕️🏥 beginning with #userfees #co-payments & #HealthSavingsAccounts according to Premier Danielle Smith in a paper published four years ago. Is this the playbook for her UCP government's healthcare policies?

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Massachusetts DOT Launches Vehicle Miles Traveled Pilot Program with Federal Funding Application Pilot program evaluates user fees based on distance driven and impacts on transportation funding

Massachusetts is testing a groundbreaking pilot program that charges drivers based on the miles they travel—could this be the future of transportation funding?

Learn more here!

#MA #CitizenPortal #UserFees #SustainableMobility #TransportationFunding

9/11 Third, introducing fees and co-pays serves Smith's broader agenda of health care privatization—"softening the Canadian public up for U.S. style pay-to-survive health care."

The money-saving claim is a "red herring"—Ottawa pays for vaccines.
#Privatization #UserFees

5/8 The deeper agenda emerges: American-style private healthcare. Despite claims to support public health care, Smith's actions "speak louder than her recent words."

This policy introduces user fees through the back door—exactly what she's always wanted.
#PrivateHealthcare #UserFees

School district explores in-house food services amid budget concerns District officials consider reverting to in-house food services after years of outsourcing.

The North Middlesex Regional School District is at a crossroads, debating whether to bring food services back in-house amidst budget concerns and shifting priorities.

Get the details!

#MA #CitizenPortal #EducationServices #UserFees

4/12 Smith's 2021 paper at U of C's right-tilting School of Public Policy laid out the blueprint: user fees, co-pays, de-listing services.

"Once people get used to paying out of pocket, we can change the health care conversation."
#UserFees #Blueprint

FDA Matters FDA Matters and The Grossman FDA Report — bringing you the latest in FDA News

The latest from FDAMatters — The Grossman FDA Report:
Chesterton’s Fence: The Meaning of Deregulation & Other Thoughts About FDA

Read it here: www.fdamatters.com

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The Possible Demise of User Fees: Existential Threats Require Outside-the-Box Thinking — FDA Matters Last Thursday, Alec Gaffney of AgencyIQ declared “…the future of FDA’s user fee programs is in extreme jeopardy” ( here ). Alec has a well-deserved reputation as one of the best FDA analysts. Alec t...

The latest from The Grossman FDA Report:
The Possible Demise of User Fees: Existential Threats Demand Fresh Thinking

www.fdamatters.com/fdamatters/t...

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#FDA #FDAMatters #TheGrossmanFDAReport #FDApolicy #FDArif #rif #userfees #medicalproducts

The Possible Demise of User Fees: Existential Threats Require Outside-the-Box Thinking — FDA Matters Last Thursday, Alec Gaffney of AgencyIQ declared “…the future of FDA’s user fee programs is in extreme jeopardy” ( here ). Alec has a well-deserved reputation as one of the best FDA analysts. Alec t...

The latest from The Grossman FDA Report:
The Possible Demise of User Fees: Existential Threats Demand Fresh Thinking

www.fdamatters.com/fdamatters/t...

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#FDA #FDAMatters #TheGrossmanFDAReport #FDApolicy #FDArif #rif #userfees #medicalproducts

FDA Matters FDA Matters and The Grossman FDA Report — bringing you the latest in FDA News

FDA, RIF's, and User Fees Explained in today's SPECIAL EDITION of FDA Matters: The Grossman FDA Report: www.fdamatters.com!
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