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Data Collection Is Critical for Efficient Broadband Policy Implementation
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 allocated an unprecedented $65 billion for programs—including the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the Digital ...
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4 Ways to Improve and Accelerate Broadband Expansion Nationwide
Research shows that access to broadband correlates with greater economic opportunity and workforce participation as well as improved health outcomes. But the mere presence of networks is not enough— ...
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State Investment Earnings Boomed. Will Policymakers Be Ready When They Bust?
States earn revenue by investing surplus funds—and money held in reserves and special accounts—but these earnings typically have been a tiny source of state revenue. However, in recent years, after ...
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Federal Government Lifts Key Barrier to Stimulant Addiction Care
To expand the use of a proven approach to reducing the misuse of stimulants, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced in January that it was raising the ...
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Marshall Islands: The World's Largest Shark Sanctuary
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How Income Volatility Interacts With American Families’ Financial Security
The balance sheets of American households are showing modest improvement, as are people’s attitudes about their financial health. The Census Bureau found that the median household income increased by ...
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Judicious Animal Antibiotic Use Requires Drug Label Refinements
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Guidance for Industry #213 1 —a policy designed to ensure the judicious use of antibiotics that are medically important to humans in the production of food ...
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Natural Disaster Mitigation Spending Not Comprehensively Tracked
In the aftermath of 2017’s historic hurricanes and wildfires, Congress provided one-time funding of nearly $140 billion. 1 With the increasing severity and frequency of natural disasters, policymakers ...
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Policy Proposal: Revising Medicare’s Protected Classes Policy
What problem is this policy meant to address? Medicare Part D plans (PDPs) are required to cover at least two drugs in each therapeutic class, defined as a group of drugs used to treat the same ...
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Behavioral Analytics Help Save Unemployment Insurance Funds
Each year, billions of dollars in improper payments are disbursed throughout states as a result of unemployment insurance (UI) fraud and overpayments. To address this problem, New Mexico’s Department ...
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Regulation of Over-the-Counter Drug Products Should Be Streamlined
Americans routinely reach for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs to treat a wide variety of ailments. And they have a growing number of choices at their local drugstore: The OTC market now includes more ...
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The Case for Medication-Assisted Treatment
Every 16 minutes, a person in the United States dies from an opioid overdose. 1 Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic brain disease caused by the recurrent use of opioids, including prescription ...