Moving Backward
New estimates show that recent efforts to eliminate pre-existing condition protections could leave millions of women and girls at risk of being charged more or denied coverage for individual insurance.
Medicare Extra for All
How States Are Combating Federal ACA Sabotage
New Scam Pre-Existing Conditions Bill Provides No Cover to Vote for Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Income Inequality and Life Expectancy
Estimated Increases in 2019 Premiums by Congressional District Due to ACA Sabotage
Graham-Cassidy 2.0
The new plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would have the same devastating results as earlier bills.
Responses to the Opioid Crisis Must Account for People Who Experience Chronic Pain
As the United States continues to address the opioid epidemic, the needs of people who live with chronic pain cannot fall by the wayside.
Limiting Abortion Access Contributes to Poor Maternal Health Outcomes
Abortion restrictions and threats to access to comprehensive reproductive health care could be contributing toward the maternal mortality crisis in the United States.
Rate Filings Make Clear that ACA Sabotage Is Driving Up Premiums
The pattern is clear: Health insurers are raising premiums in 2019, and the efforts of the Trump administration and its allies to sabotage the ACA are to blame.
State Policies to Address Prescription Drug Prices
States are working to bring down drug prices by improving price transparency, increasing negotiating power, and cracking down on price gouging.
State-by-State Estimated Premium Increases due to Individual Mandate Repeal and Short-Term Plan Rule
Marketplace sabotage is projected to increase 2019 benchmark marketplace premiums by $1,013 on average.
Blueprint for the 21st Century
CAP’s Jobs Blueprint addresses the wage stagnation and employment challenges facing working class Americans and communities left behind by investing in millions of new jobs nationwide to meet some of our nation’s most pressing economic and social needs and creating a job guarantee in the hardest-hit areas.
Bold Ideas for State Action
Americans are ready for states—the laboratories of democracy—to offer a new progressive vision for shared prosperity. This report presents a menu of state policy priorities to help people secure good jobs and good wages and to support strong and healthy communities in which all people are treated fairly and equitably.
The Environment That Racism Built
Racism in the United States is killing black mothers and babies—here’s why where they live, learn, work, and play matters.
The Health Care System and Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality
African American women face maternal mortality rates three to four times higher than non-Hispanic white women, and several factors within the health care system contribute to this disparity.
The Cost of Trump’s Inaction on Prescription Drug Prices
Even as President Donald Trump prepares to deliver a speech on drug prices, there is little evidence to suggest that his administration is serious about reducing costs for consumers.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
As health care costs continue to rise, the Trump administration must make payment and delivery reform through the CMMI a priority.
Policy Options to Encourage All-Payer Claims Databases
After a 2016 Supreme Court decision, policymakers must re-evaluate strategies for collecting health care data.
Maternal Mortality and the Devaluation of Black Motherhood
Both black mothers and women have long been devalued in American society, and racism must be acknowledged and confronted in the effort to reduce black maternal mortality.