Less Coverage and Higher Costs: The Trump’s Administration’s Health Care Legacy
The president has failed to deliver on his promises to “take care of everybody.”
The president has failed to deliver on his promises to “take care of everybody.”
COVID-19 has exposed the disparities in the U.S. mental health system, leaving many Americans without accessible and affordable care as policymakers fail to adequately address the crisis.
People who lose job-based health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic can rely on the marketplaces.
The federal government must prioritize robust planning, coordination, and funding for a vaccine.
Premature reopening of indoor dining and bars in other U.S. regions has been followed by spread of the virus.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, schools need additional mental health funding and support that is implemented with a racial equity lens.
A successful COVID-19 vaccination program requires an unprecedented government effort, with tens of thousands of lives, millions of livelihoods, and a normal way of life at stake.
The early lifting of pandemic restrictions strains emergency housing and homelessness efforts and will exacerbate evictions, foreclosures, and the decades-old housing and homelessness crises.
CAP’s Medicare Extra proposal provides an opportunity for the United States to safeguard and improve access to reproductive health care.
Science, not politics, should drive the decision to physically reopen schools.
As the Trump administration gears up to blame rising coronavirus cases on the protests for racial justice, Americans must recognize that patronizing newly reopened indoor businesses, such as bars and casinos, carries greater risk with less urgency and purpose.
Many people who lose their jobs during the pandemic are relying on the ACA for health insurance.
To guarantee immediate coverage for all of the unemployed, Congress should pass legislation to rapidly enroll them in Medicaid.
Faith communities must safely reopen houses of worship based on evidence—not politics.
The disproportionate devastation COVID-19 is having in Native American communities lays bare the U.S. government’s systemic failure to meet its trust and treaty obligations.