They Cut $2.7 Billion from Medical Research. You're About to Pay for It.

3,200 terminated grants. 74,000 stranded trial participants. NIH funding at a 25-year low. A wound care doctor explains who actually gets the invoice.

May 21, 2026

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By Eric Lullove, DPM, CWSP, MAPWCA, FFPM RCPS(Glasg)

Chief executive and medical officer, West Boca Center for Wound Healing, Coconut Creek, Florida | Contributing medical editor, Blue Amp Media

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Dr. Eric Lullove

Dr. Lullove is the Chief Medical Officer of the West Boca Center for Wound Healing in Coconut Creek, FL. Dr. Lullove is a Board-Certified Podiatric Surgeon and a national expert in Health policy, coding, reimbursement and practice management.