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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: What It Does and How Recent Changes to It Will Affect Vaccine Affordability and Access

This explainer discusses what ACIP does, how it makes recommendations, and how administration actions may affect Americans’ ...
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Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Could Exacerbate the Behavioral Health Crisis

(FMCS), stands outside the FMCS van in Washington, D.C. Proposed budget cuts and reorganizations of health agencies could ...
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Health Insurance Tax Credits: Their Unexpected Effectiveness, and Policies to Support Them

Premium tax credits have improved health coverage in the U.S., but congressional policies could reverse this trend.
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The 340B Drug Pricing Program: How It Works and Why It’s Controversial

The 340B Drug Pricing Program was created to improve access to care at safety-net hospitals and clinics, but critics argue ...
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Consumers in the ACA Marketplaces Face Turbulent Waters in the Wake of Policy Changes

For the 24 million Americans who buy their coverage through ACA marketplaces, recent policy changes will make it harder to ...
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Unequal Measurement: A Call for a National Framework for Measuring Health Equity

Metrics and methodologies must be aligned to accurately assess health equity progress and drive institutional change and ...
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Trump Administration and Congress Reduce Federal Health Spending at the Expense of States, Consumers, and Millions of Newly Uninsured

Sarah Enteen, CNM, sees a patient in Mass General Brigham’s mobile maternal care clinic. The budget reconciliation law and new federal regulations will impose substantial new costs and burdens on ...