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Decades of one-size-fits-all solutions have made health care cost too much and deliver too little. Making health care work for all starts with putting people in control with more personalization and choice.

 On the left is an image of an eye on a screen and on the right is someone using a keyboard on a laptop that says "Choose your vision test" Visibly’s digital eye exam shakes up the status quo

Regulatory barriers stunt innovation. When Visibly won approval for its online vision test, a vital new technology entered the market.

 Someone with a prosthetic leg lifting weights The Carrell Clinic Foundation helps patients who are often overlooked

The current healthcare system leaves many behind, including those needing life-changing orthopedic care.

 The image shows a text message that says "911 What's your emergency?" and a person holding a smartphone 6 facts about accesSOS, a text-to-911 app that gets you the right help

The accesSOS app is poised to offer both accessibility and badly needed help for emergency services.

 How Can We Fix the Mental Health System in America? More therapists won’t fix the mental health care crisis, but this can

Peer support may be the key to transforming mental health care. So far, it’s working for millions.

 Text describing a certificate of need law is interspersed with the image of a medical professional in scrubs and cap Hidden harms of ‘Certificate of Need’ laws

States with CON laws have higher prices, fewer medical facilities, and inferior patient outcomes.

 A smiling man in a suit sits in front of a wooden backdrop with the logo "Texas Public Policy Foundation" Rising health care reformer charts a path for young professionals and policy reforms   Image depicts a group of people holding each other in a circle. Give an Hour is increasing access to mental health care. Here’s their secret.

Can community members support each other’s mental health? It already is, and it's closing a big gap.

 Outschool logo Primary care physician shortage is a big problem. Can it be solved?

Reforming scope-of-practice laws, increasing medical acceptance rates, and enhancing telehealth are good places to start.

 A silhouette of someone with short hair seated on a hospital bed How the Promise Fund of Florida puts women in control of their health care

Removing cultural barriers that stand in the way of early detection and breast and cervical cancer prevention is the first step toward better health outcomes.

 A woman smiling and holding a baby From crisis to hope: Brigid’s Path is solving one of the most tragic consequences of addiction

Ohio’s first residential pediatric recovery care center keeps families together as part of the fight against infant addiction.

 A nurse pushes a man in a wheel chair in a hospital Training the next generation of principled, free-market policy reformers A woman talks to a doctor on her cell phone during a telehealth appointment Expanding telehealth is common sense, 21st century health care reform 
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