Health Progress and Policy

Articles About Health Care

Health Care Coverage

• Immigrants in the U.S. Health Care System, by Meredith L. King, June 7, 2007
  A new CAP report dispels myths about immigrants' place in the U.S. health care system that misinform the debate over immigration.

• Navigating American Health Care, by Karen Davenport, June 6, 2007
  New CAP report outlines how health information technology systems can improve lives, lower costs, and boost productivity.

• Comparing Bills: Children's Health Insurance, by Jeanne Lambrew, June 4, 2007
  CAP releases a comparison of the major provisions contained in several recently introduced bills concerning children’s health insurance coverage.

• Prospects for Children’s Health Coverage in 2007, March 30, 2007
  Chairman Dingell discusses the reauthorization of SCHIP and universal healthcare at CAP event with Sen. Daschle and John Podesta.

• Building a Health Care Movement, May 9, 2007
  Coalition, which brings together business, labor, and policy leaders including CAP, Wal-Mart, and SEIU announces next steps.

• Achieving Universal Health Coverage, April 25, 2007
  CAP Senior Fellows Tom Daschle and Jeanne Lambrew offer testimony to Congress today on why every American needs health insurance.

• The SCHIP Shortfall Crisis: Ramifications for Minority Children, by Meredith L. King, March 21, 2007
  Report from CAP's Meredith King details how the SCHIP funding gap in 14 states will further exacerbate health care access for minority children.

• Covering the Uninsured Through the Eyes of a Child, by Jeanne Lambrew, February 14, 2007

• San Francisco Helps the Uninsured; National Leaders Ignore the Problem, by Karen Davenport, July 24, 2006
• May Day, May Day, May Day, by Karen Davenport and Meredith L. King, May 3, 2006
• African Americans: Preventive Screening Can Save Your Life, by George L. Askew, MD and Meredith L. King
• Budget Bill Cuts Critical Health Care Services for Low-Income Children, Families and Elders, by Karen Davenport, December 21, 2005
• Unnecessary Documentation, by Meredith L. King, December 21, 2005
• Keeping Health Care in Welfare to Work, by Meredith L. King, December 14, 2005
• Fact Sheet: Impact of the House Medicaid and Tax Policies on Low-Income Children, by Jeanne Lambrew and Karen Davenport, December 9, 2005
• Medicaid: House Budget Proposal Harms Millions, by Jeanne Lambrew and Karen Davenport, November 29, 2005
• Administration's Reality Gap on Health Disparities, by Leonard S. Rubenstein and Gretchen Borchelt, September 20, 2004
• The Health Care Divide, by Gail Shearer and Susanna Montezemolo, August 11, 2004
• Prevailing Health Principles, by Karen Pollitz, February 18, 2004

Employer Coverage

• Business Perspectives on Health Care, April 17, 2007
  Health care experts gathered at CAP last week to discuss the heavy load businesses bear in America’s health care system.

• Opportunity Costs and Opportunities Lost: Businesses Speak Out About Health Care, by Meena Seshamani, April 13, 2007
  New report offers 10 case studies of company health programs and insight into how we can find solutions for dealing with rising health care costs.

• Health Insurance Squeeze Is Here, by Christian E. Weller, Jeffrey Wenger and Elise Gould, June 27, 2004
• New Evidence of Worsening Problems: Falling Employer-Based Coverage, by Heather Boushey, April 14, 2004

Health Care Costs

• Paying More but Getting Less: Myths and the Global Case for US Health Reform, by Tom Daschle, November 2005
• Health Care, the Budget and Morality, by the Center for American Progress, January 25, 2005
• Innovative Approaches to Improving Health Care Value, by Terri Shaw, October 14, 2004

Uninsured

• Limited Benefits: Insurers Peddle “Limited Health Care” to America’s Working Poor, by Henry Fernandez, May 7, 2007
  Some health insurance isn’t better than no insurance, especially when marketed as a service to government, writes Henry Fernandez.

• Health Care by the Numbers, May 3, 2007
  America’s health care system is expensive and inefficient. Here’s a look at our broken health care system by the numbers.

• Living Without Health Insurance, April 26, 2007
  CAP Senior Fellows Tom Daschle and Jeanne Lambrew testify to Congress about Americans living—and dying—without health insurance.

• New Census Data Show Deteriorating Income and Health Coverage from 2000 to 2005, by Jeanne Lambrew, John S. Irons, Mark Greenberg, August 29, 2006
  Newly-released data from the Census Bureau shows a serious erosion of income and health care security for working Americans.

• Covering the Uninsured Through the Eyes of a Child
  by Jeanne Lambrew, February 14, 2007

• Health Care in Welfare to Work, by Meredith L. King, December 14, 2005
• Opportunity in America Starts with Health Care, by Meredith L. King, September 28, 2005
• 45.8 Million and Counting..., by Karen Davenport, August 30, 2005
• Measuring America's Uninsured, by Jeanne Lambrew August 26, 2004
• A Flawed Approach to the Uninsured, by Judith L. Lichtman and Alice M. Weiss, May 12, 2004
• Conservative Health Care Plans Make Matters Worse, Daily Talking Points, May 12, 2004
• May Day for the Uninsured: Will We Ever Achieve Health Care for All?, by the Center for American Progress, May 3, 2004
• Unanswered Questions on Proposals to Cover Uninsured, by Jeanne Lambrew January 7, 2004
• Meeting the Challenge of the Uninsured, by Terri Shaw, January 14, 2003