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Policymakers should ensure that the FDA’s process for approval and oversight of medical devices to protect public health and safety is thorough, efficient, and not unduly burdensome. 

Policymakers should increase transparency and competition in the market for medical devices.

Policymakers and regulators should make necessary changes to help lower the cost and promote greater adoption of hearing aids. 

The Federal Trade Commission and state consumer protection agencies should investigate complaints of high-pressure sales tactics that inhibit older people from getting professional counseling befor

Policymakers should increase subsidies for low-income rural housing to preserve existing affordable housing units and construct new units.

Self-help housing programs, which enable low-income households to become homeowners by working together to build homes through “sweat equity,” should be supported.