AHA Statement on Lowering Costs and Expanding Access to Health Care through Consumer-Directed Health Plans”

AHA Statement to the Committee on Ways and Means for “Hearing on Lowering Costs and Expanding Access to Health Care through Consumer-Directed Health Plans.”

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