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New CAP report outlines how health information technology systems can improve lives, lower costs, and boost productivity.Other Health Care Features
September 29, 2008
High-Risk Insurance Pools: A Flawed Model for Reform
High-risk insurance pools are an impractical model for nationwide health care reform, write Morgan Mulveon, Karen Davenport, and Ellen-Marie Whelan.
September 23, 2008
Reject the Highmark/Blue Cross Merger
CAPAF's David Balto testifies to the Pennsylvania Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on why they should reject the merger between two insurance giants.
September 18, 2008
America's Need for Health Reform
CAPAF Senior Fellow Elizabeth Edwards testifies before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce about the need for health reform.
September 8, 2008
Good Health Starts Early
Kate Bell analyzes new reports showing that child poverty is linked to poor health in adults, even those who rise out of poverty.
August 28, 2008
A Moral Prescription
The faith community is an important supporter of progressive health reform proposals, writes Lindsay Barrett.
August 19, 2008
The Price Isn't Right: The Facts on Affordable Health Care
What is affordable health care? Why is it important to define affordability? Who is most at risk for unaffordable care?
August 11, 2008
Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?
Karen Davenport on why health care costs so much, and how we can make health care more affordable.
July 31, 2008
Consumers Suffer as Health Insurers Consolidate
CAPAF's David Balto testifies on Pennsylvania health mergers before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights.
July 28, 2008
Making Medicare Better for Patients and Doctors
Karen Davenport on what Congress' latest Medicare bill will mean for senior citizens and doctors and what we can do to improve Medicare's long-term financial health.
July 18, 2008
Making Health Care More Efficient
CAP's Jeanne Lambrew joins other experts at House Budget Committee hearing to testify on how health care value can be improved.
July 16, 2008
Getting Better Value in Health Care
CAPAF's Jeanne Lambrew testifies before the House Committee on the Budget about how to get better value in health care for Americans.
July 15, 2008
Six Conservative Myths About Health Care
Checking the facts proves that some of the most pervasive conservative myths, from flax taxes to consumer-driven health care, are ill-suited for the United States.
June 25, 2008
Financing the U.S. Health System
Report from the Bipartisan Policy Center co-authored by Jeanne Lambrew examines different options for financing the health system.
June 16, 2008
The Role of Public Programs in Health Care Reform
Jeanne Lambrew testifies to the Senate Finance Committee's "Prepare for Launch" Summit on health care reform.
June 12, 2008
The Jury's Still Out: A Critical Look at Malpractice Reform
What exactly is malpractice? What does tort reform mean? And why is it so important to health policy generally?
June 6, 2008
All Health Is Local: Health Outcomes Differ by Race and Location
A new study reveals that health disparities occur along geographic—not just racial and ethnic—lines.
June 4, 2008
Room for Progress
This by the numbers look shows that government support for health IT could save lives and improve care.
May 30, 2008
Public Opinion Snapshot: Private Insurance Isn’t the Answer to Public’s Health Care Concerns
The public believes that everyone should be covered and relying on the private marketplace is not enough.
May 19, 2008
Myth vs. Fact: Consumer-Driven Health Plans
Theoretically, consumer-driven health plans should give people more control over their care and provide them with what they want. In reality, it doesn't work that way.
May 14, 2008
The Specter of Socialized Medicine
Universal coverage does not equal socialized medicine. Here's why.
April 23, 2008
Strengthening America’s First and Foremost Retirement Plan
April 21, 2008
Affordable Long-Term Care
America is in desperate need of a long-term care solution. On the verge of the baby boomers' retirement—the 65-plus population will increase by some 30 million over the next 20 years, a three-fold increase over the previous two decades—the United States is utterly unprepared to finance their long-term-care needs.
April 21, 2008
Got "Access"?
Access to emergency rooms is not enough. The uninsured are less likely to receive the care they need, creating longer waits and higher costs for everyone.
April 11, 2008
Neighborhood Realities: Media Focus on Poverty, Race, and Health
TV series and journal article draw attention to the links between childhood poverty, race, and health, write Meredith King and Joy Moses.
April 10, 2008
Consumer-Driven Health Plans May Preempt, Not Promote, Prevention
Prioritizing prevention is critical to health reform, but consumer-driven plans are not the answer to promoting prevention.
April 3, 2008
Scrambling for Health Insurance Coverage: Health Security for People in Late Middle Age
CAP's Jeanne Lambrew testifies before the Senate Special Committee on Aging on attaining health security for people in late middle age.
March 27, 2008
What’s Not Being Said About Sex—And Who It’s Hurting
Abstinence-only programs are contributing to higher-than-ever rates of sexually transmitted infections among teen girls, writes Julie F. Kay.
March 26, 2008
Diagnosis: Poor Financial Health
The future of Medicare has become darker and bleaker since the Bush administration took office, writes Karen Davenport.
March 20, 2008
Credit Check: Tax Policy’s Role in Health Reform
The bottom line is that tax credits should be carefully crafted so that they help, not undermine, efforts to cover the uninsured.
March 17, 2008
The Great State v. Federal Health Care Reform Debate
Health care reform should start with the federal government, show these resources.
March 5, 2008
Access to Health Care
Health care costs are increasing, access is decreasing, and 47 million Americans are uninsured. This is a crisis we must address.
February 19, 2008
Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis
New book from CAP's Sen. Tom Daschle and Jeanne Lawbrew lays out a plan to reform America's broken health care system.
February 11, 2008
Long-Term Care by the Numbers
The current state of long-term care raises alarming questions for American families, businesses, health care, and the economy.
February 6, 2008
Treating a Symptom, Not a Disease
Bush has again offered dangerous policy prescriptions that would further damage our broken health care system, says Karen Davenport.
January 31, 2008
2008 Medicare Debate: Savings and Performance on the Line
Congress this year should focus on long-term fiscal savings and performance solutions, writes Karen Davenport.
January 28, 2008
Healthy Stimulus
Jeanne Lambrew explains why the Senate should include temporary support for states’ health programs as part of economic stimulus.
January 28, 2008
The State of Latinos in the Union
A by the numbers look at the disproportionate setbacks that Latinos have faced during the Bush White House’s tenure.
January 28, 2008
A Dysfunctional Health Care System
What should we expect on health care in Bush's State of the Union address, and what should our health care focus be in the coming year?
January 23, 2008
A Foreclosure-Free Option
The mortgage crisis and the rise in foreclosures nationwide have left the American dream in tatters and may be sparking a recession. Yet a fast-growing form of housing—the community land trust—has become a virtually foreclosure-free safe harbor. One of the best examples of this fresh approach to putting a roof over people's heads is in Boston.
January 22, 2008
Congress Should Override the Bush Double Standard on Children’s Health: Here’s Why
Congress this week should override the Bush double standard on children’s health, writes Jeanne Lambrew. Here’s why.
January 22, 2008
This Week in Congress: 1.22.08-1.25.08
From economic stimulus to global warming and health care, CAP provides you with resources to say on top of the week on the Hill.
January 18, 2008
Public Opinion Snapshot: Americans Agree, Time for Action on Health Care
Americans are dissatisfied with out-of-control health care costs and lack of access, and they want the government to do something about it.
January 15, 2008
Geneticizing Disease: Implications for Racial Health Disparities
Report addresses the use of race in the move to geneticize disease and refocuses the discussion on social determinants that are knows to cause health disparities.
January 14, 2008
The Impending Health Care Crisis for Early Retirees
New strategies are needed to share the burden of health care for pre-Medicare retirees.
November 30, 2007
World AIDS Day 2007
A by the numbers look at HIV and AIDS shows that hard work over recent years has brought good news, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
November 2, 2007
New Facts on U.S. Health Care: U.S. Ranks Poorly with Other Wealthy Nations
Costly and ill-distributed U.S. health care leaves us worse off than the citizens of other wealthy countries. We need reform, writes Sen. Daschle.
October 31, 2007
Bush Health-Bill Veto Leaves Needy Kids Stranded
October 18, 2007
Congress Fails to Override SCHIP Veto
In the aftermath of the override vote, President Bush should commit to covering uninsured children, says Karen Davenport.
October 17, 2007
Overriding the SCHIP Veto by the Numbers
Everyone but the Bush administration knows that efficient, effective, and fiscally responsible SCHIP just makes sense.
October 5, 2007