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Progressive Prescriptions
CAP proposes a bold but practical approach to guaranteeing an American right to affordable, quality health coverage.
There's No Excuse
See CAP's new idea, a Wellness Trust, and reports by other experts on overhauling the American health care system.
Navigating American Health Care
New CAP report outlines how health information technology systems can improve lives, lower costs, and boost productivity.Other Health Care Features
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
Public Opinion Snapshot: Your Priorities Are All Wrong
The public disapproves of the Bush administration’s performance in a wide range of top policy objectives; so why won’t they change course?
October 3, 2007
President Bush Fails America's Children
Bush's veto will block health coverage for millions of children, and it's wrong on policy and ideology, says Senior Fellow Jeanne Lambrew.
October 2, 2007
Politics and a Pragmatic Paradigm for Health Reform, Part 1
September 28, 2007
Everyone but Bush Supports SCHIP Reauthorization and Expansion
The Bush administration is remarkably indifferent to the overwhelming public will to reauthorize and expand health coverage for poor children.
September 25, 2007
Getting the Facts Straight on Children’s Health Insurance
Bush Administration's Mike Leavitt said he had the “facts” on this past weekend’s talk shows, but the Center's Jeanne Lambrew sets the record straight.
September 24, 2007
This Week in Congress: 9.24.07-9.28.07
From solutions to fight global warming to resources on children’s health care, CAP provides you with resources to stay on top of the week on the Hill.
September 24, 2007
Opponents Mischaracterize Program to Undermine It
September 11, 2007
GAO Medicare Audit Reveals Waste and Fraud
Money that could lower premiums or increase benefits for seniors instead goes straight to the pockets of private insurance companies.
September 6, 2007
Prescriptions for Drug Safety
New report offers five policy prescriptions for improved drug safety that Congress should consider to protect consumers.
September 5, 2007
CAP Interviews John Feal, 9/11 First Responder and Founder of the FealGood Foundation
John Feal was a 9/11 first responder who has made it his mission to help other heroes in need of medical care and financial assistance.
August 28, 2007
Recommitting to the Fight Against Poverty
New data shows U.S. has moved backward on health care and poverty since 2000; CAP experts offer solutions for getting back on track.
August 16, 2007
Immigrants and Health Care
Meredith L. King rebuts claims that reauthorization of the SCHIP program will grant undocumented immigrants access to public health insurance.
August 10, 2007
`Compassionate' Bush Fails Children on Health: Gene Sperling
August 6, 2007
Nation Must Invest in Health Care of Children
July 31, 2007
A Flagrant Disregard for Scientific Expertise
The Washington Post reveals that close Bush and Cheney family friend blocked key global health report from the surgeon general.
July 30, 2007
This Week in Congress: 7.30.07-8.3.07
From children's health care to Iraq and ethics reform, CAP provides you with resources to stay on top of the week on the Hill.
July 27, 2007
Children's Health Insurance: Just the Facts
Bills to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program demystified.
July 25, 2007
No Blame for Helping Pain
Not indicting Dr. Anna Pou for the deaths of patients amid the chaos of Katrina reminds us where the blame belongs—on the government.
July 23, 2007
This Week in Congress: 7.23.07 – 7.27.07
From appropriations bills to the Farm Bill, CAP provides you with resources to stay on top of the week in Congress.
July 20, 2007
Health Insurance for Kids?
Health insurance for kids seems pretty hard to object to—and the American public doesn’t. But that hasn’t stopped the Bush administration.
July 17, 2007