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To use AI tools effectively, local leaders must optimize documents and information for AI, implement guardrails, and rely on human expertise to evaluate risks and benefits.
Social Security Is Running Out of Money—And Congress Might Count It as Savings In its budget planning for the decade ahead, Congress should account for the projected exhaustion of Social Security’s trust fund in 2032.New Evidence Underscores Why Neighborhoods Matter and How Policies Can Improve Lives New, decades-long analysis proves that public policies can improve children’s success in life by enabling them to grow up in resource-rich neighborhoods.Using Data to Close Health Care Performance Gaps and Improve Quality of Care Performance data assessing the health care quality and outcomes for patients of different backgrounds can highlight gaps, but health care leaders need strategies to close these gaps and ensure better health care outcomes for all.An Earnings Test for Higher Education Risks Diverting Students from Some Meaningful Careers Without a comprehensive assessment of an undergraduate program’s academic, personal, and societal value, policymakers risk implementing approaches that discourage some valuable higher education and career paths focused on qualities beyond earnings.How Boosting Usage of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Could Increase Housing Affordability As fixed-rate mortgages remain stubbornly high, adjustable-rate mortgages offer buyers, particularly first-time buyers, a more affordable option to buy a home.Permanently Expanding Medicare Telehealth Services Could Help Ensure All Beneficiaries Have Access to the Care They Need Telehealth services expand access to care, especially among people with serious or chronic health conditions and those living in rural or underserved areas. Despite these benefits, Congress has yet to make Medicare telehealth services permanent.
