Climate-Resilient Health Care Promotes Public Health, Equity, and Climate Justice ReportFeb 1, 2024 Climate-Resilient Health Care Promotes Public Health, Equity, and Climate Justice The federal government must target additional incentives and offer assistance in leveraging existing resources to community health centers and rural hospitals so that they can build stable, climate-resilient operations for their patients. Feb 1, 2024 Marquisha Johns, Jill Rosenthal
DACA Recipients Bolster Social Security and Medicare ArticleJan 25, 2024 DACA Recipients Bolster Social Security and Medicare DACA recipients collectively earn nearly $27.9 billion and contribute nearly $2.1 billion to Social Security and Medicare each year, making the economy and their communities stronger. Jan 25, 2024 Trinh Q. Truong, Silva Mathema
The Employer Public Option: A Tool for Improving Affordability via Alternative Health Coverage ReportJan 25, 2024 The Employer Public Option: A Tool for Improving Affordability via Alternative Health Coverage This report offers policy principles for employer public option reform to help reduce the cost of employer-sponsored insurance; lower health care prices; and increase workers’ access to affordable, comprehensive coverage. Jan 25, 2024 Natasha Murphy, Sam Hughes, Nicole Rapfogel
Federal Solutions To Address Rising Costs of Employer-Sponsored Insurance ReportJan 25, 2024 Federal Solutions To Address Rising Costs of Employer-Sponsored Insurance Federal policymakers should act to lower health insurance costs and improve affordability for both employers and workers. Jan 25, 2024 Sam Hughes, Nicole Rapfogel, Emily Gee
CAP Files Amicus Curiae Briefs Highlighting Importance of the Inflation Reduction Act in Lowering Drug Prices ArticleJan 23, 2024 CAP Files Amicus Curiae Briefs Highlighting Importance of the Inflation Reduction Act in Lowering Drug Prices These briefs emphasize the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare prescription drug price negotiation program for affordability and health equity. Jan 23, 2024 Sophia Weaver, Marquisha Johns, Andrea Ducas, 3 More Jamie Crooks, Devon Ombres, Ben Olinsky
Long-Term Solutions to the Overincarceration of People With Mental Health Disabilities ReportJan 11, 2024 Long-Term Solutions to the Overincarceration of People With Mental Health Disabilities Policymakers must focus on long-term structural changes in order to reduce the negative interactions of people with mental health disabilities with police. Jan 11, 2024 Mia Ives-Rublee, Christina Stafford
Commentary: We must invest in our public health system, not undermine it In the NewsJan 4, 2024 Commentary: We must invest in our public health system, not undermine it In an op-ed for The Post and Courier, Jill Rosenthal explains how the United States’ response to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illustrates the promise and pitfalls of our public health system. Jan 4, 2024 The Post and Courier Jill Rosenthal
CAP Files Amicus Curiae Brief Highlighting Importance of the Inflation Reduction Act in Lowering Drug Prices ArticleDec 22, 2023 CAP Files Amicus Curiae Brief Highlighting Importance of the Inflation Reduction Act in Lowering Drug Prices This brief, filed by the Center for American Progress and the NAACP in response to Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al., emphasizes the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare prescription drug price negotiation program for affordability and health equity. Dec 22, 2023 Sophia Weaver, Marquisha Johns, Andrea Ducas
Recent Health Savings Account (HSA) Expansion Proposals Are Costly and Misguided ArticleDec 13, 2023 Recent Health Savings Account (HSA) Expansion Proposals Are Costly and Misguided New HSA proposals expand tax shelters for the wealthy while failing to address health care affordability challenges. Dec 13, 2023 Jean Ross, Andrea Ducas
Why Congress Must Reauthorize a Lifesaving Program To Fight HIV/AIDS ArticleNov 17, 2023 Why Congress Must Reauthorize a Lifesaving Program To Fight HIV/AIDS Despite extremists’ assertions, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) does not facilitate abortion access but does improve pregnancy and other health outcomes for women and girls, as well as promote strong partnerships and democratic principles in key nations; it is also indispensable to the elimination of HIV/AIDS by 2030. Nov 17, 2023 Sarnata Reynolds
CAP’s Role in the Affordable Care Act VideoNov 13, 2023 CAP’s Role in the Affordable Care Act CAP played a major role in passing—and then defending—the Affordable Care Act, which has since saved countless lives and made health care more accessible to all Americans. Nov 13, 2023 Matthew Gossage, Madalyn Reagan, Toni Pandolfo, 3 More Ashley Joo, Hai-Lam Phan, Jeremy Hill
How Ohio’s Special Election Results Will Both Protect Abortion and Affect Maternal Mortality in the State ArticleNov 8, 2023 How Ohio’s Special Election Results Will Both Protect Abortion and Affect Maternal Mortality in the State Ohio’s Issue 1 ballot initiative to codify the legal status of abortion in the state constitution affects both abortion access and maternal mortality rates. Nov 8, 2023 Sabrina Talukder, Tracy Weitz, Sara Estep, 3 More Kierra B. Jones, Amina Khalique, Isabela Salas-Betsch
Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice We pursue climate action that meets the crisis’s urgency, creates good-quality jobs, benefits disadvantaged communities, and restores U.S. credibility on the global stage.
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