Sentences with phrase «fee increase sounds»

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Today's proposal to increase those fees by $ 1 billion may not sound ominous in itself, but it implies an impending, equivalent cut to federal funding, says Steven Grossman, deputy executive director at the Alliance for a Stronger FDA in Washington, D.C.. That's an unrealistic expectation, he adds, because drug companies have already gone through negotiations and reached an agreement with FDA on user fee increases.

That may not sound like much, but lowering annual fees by half a percentage point over the course of a career and a long retirement can boost the size of your nest egg by 25 % and increase the sustainable income it generates by upwards of 40 %.