Despite the ongoing controversies over the Affordable Care Act,
most health policy analysts — regardless of political or ideological leanings — believe that transitioning American health records to an electronic system will reduce medical errors and will improve the well - being of all Americans.
However,
most science
policy analysts are wringing their hands over the tiny increase sought for the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), a small rebound for the National Science Foundation (NSF) after a cut in 2005, and reductions in the science budgets at NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the departments of energy and defense.