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10 Essential Health Benefits in Health Plan Design

WEBThe ten Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) listed by CMS are: ambulatory patient services; emergency services; hospitalization; maternity and newborn care; …

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Rethinking Healthcare Priorities: ACI Urges Shift from …

WEBArlington, VA — The American Consumer Institute (ACI), an independent 501(c)(3) educational and research organization, today expressed concerns regarding …

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Electronic Health Records Need to Get Ready for 5G

WEBThe 5th generation wireless (5G) service being deployed today promises to deliver super-fast low latency broadband to phones or homes. Despite some highly …

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New OHID report corrects common misconceptions about vaping

WEBIn a much-anticipated update from the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), the British health agency released its eighth and final independent …

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New Study: Health Impact of E-Cigarettes and their Regulations

WEBThe American Consumer Institute Releases a Study on the Health Impact of E-Cigarettes and their Regulations Authors Express Concerns Regarding the Impact on …

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How Regulations Endanger the Public Health

WEB2 | Page American Consumer Institute . discouraged smoking and pushed smokers to safer, lifesaving products; and • Therefore, overregulating proven harm reduction products is …

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Vertical Consolidation in Health Care

WEBBy Alan Daley July 18, 2018. Additional consolidation in the health care industry is underway. Concerns about consolidation creating oversized companies naturally …

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Smoke-Free States: Health Impacts from Transition to Vaping

WEBto remove or prevent laws restricting adult. access to vaping products. Between 2010 and 2024, New York. could save. thousands of lives by transitioning smokers to vaping, …

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ACI Statement on “The Health Over Wealth Act”

WEBArlington, VA — The American Consumer Institute (ACI), a leading education and research organization, today released a detailed statement addressing the potential …

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New Study Examines the Link Between Pharmacy Benefit …

WEBAmerican Consumer Institute white paper finds that Pharmacy Benefit Manager’s market power, lack of transparency, and business practices lead to higher …

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Food Recalls and Public Health

WEBThe Listeria-infected vegetables led to 9 people who were made severely ill in 4 states. The connection was proven by tracing the genetics of Listeria in the victims and …

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Consumers Would Benefit from State Bans on Copay Adjustment …

WEBLast month, the Ohio House Legislature voted unanimously 89-0 to end a controversial practice known as accumulator adjustment, or copay adjustment, that …

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Statement on The American Innovation and Choice Online Act

WEBThe following is a statement from ACI Director, Krisztina Pusok, regarding the intent to introduce the American Innovation and Choice Online Act led by Senator …

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Real Clear Health: A Lack of Transparency Drives PBM Fees and

WEBRecently pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have been at the center of criticism regarding high pharmaceutical prices, and with good reason. Among the top …

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Leading Economists Warn 'Medicare for All' Would Trigger …

WEBAs reported in the Washington Times, “more than 50 leading U.S. economists and professors have signed an open letter warning that the proposed …

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Coalition Urges President Trump to Protect Adult Vapers by …

WEB2 in 2018, more than 80% of adult vapers used fruit, dessert, and sweet flavors to stay away from cigarettes. Tobacco and menthol e-cigarette flavors ranked as the fifth and

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It’s Time to Reform Free-Standing Emergency Rooms

WEBAccording to data from the Centers for Disease Control, there were 130 million visits to emergency departments in 2020. Despite the significant number of visits …

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Telehealth Needs Legislative Support, Not Financial Handouts

WEBIn 2020, the use of telehealth exploded. The American Journal of Managed Care estimated between September 2019 and September 2020, telehealth visits …

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road

WEBFebruary 3, 2015 Dr. Tom Frieden Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30329-4027 Dear Director Frieden:

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Dishing out TV Advertising: The Dispute between Dish Network …

WEBIn early May, Dish Network launched a new service called Primetime Anytime, a service that would give consumers access to network television shows from the …

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