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After Decades of Disappointment, a Turning Point Is Visible in Alzheimer’s Treatment
The USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy hosted a webinar featuring national thought leaders to examine hopeful signs in clinical development and policy that will ensure access to treatments and diagnostics.
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How Surprise Billing Increases Premiums—and How New Policies Could Help Consumers
A USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy research team finds that policies to limit surprise billing could also reduce insurance premiums for Americans by billions each year.
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Declaring the Vape Industry Illegal Will Only Drive It Underground
Declaring a multi-billion dollar industry illegal will only drive it underground. It will also make the health effects of vaping even more difficult to ascertain.
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Middle-Aged Americans Report More Pain Than the Elderly
A new study has found that today’s less-educated Americans experience higher levels of pain than did previous generations.
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