Community Health Centers: Engines of Economic Activity and Job Creation ArticleMar 31, 2011 Community Health Centers: Engines of Economic Activity and Job Creation CAP Senior Health Policy Analyst Ellen-Marie Whelan testifies before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. Mar 31, 2011 Ellen-Marie Whelan
Interactive: Community Health Centers Create Jobs InteractiveFeb 17, 2011 Interactive: Community Health Centers Create Jobs Interactive map from Ellen-Marie Whelan shows that cuts to community health centers will eliminate jobs in every state. Feb 17, 2011 Ellen-Marie Whelan
Profiting from Health Care ReportJan 20, 2011 Profiting from Health Care Julie Margetta Morgan and Ellen-Marie Whelan investigate for-profit colleges' claims of contributing to our health care workforce. Jan 20, 2011 Julie Margetta Morgan, Ellen-Marie Whelan
Contraception Is Preventive Care ArticleOct 13, 2010 Contraception Is Preventive Care The opinions of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops should not determine whether millions of women have access to contraception under the new health care law, write Marta Cook and Ellen-Marie Whelan. Oct 13, 2010 Marta Cook, Ellen-Marie Whelan
Good Health, Good Jobs ArticleAug 12, 2010 Good Health, Good Jobs Community health centers are proven method of improving health in high-need communities while boosting the economy, write Ellen-Marie Whelan and Raúl Arce-Contreras. Aug 12, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Raúl Arce-Contreras
Interactive Map: Economic Benefits of Community Health Centers InteractiveAug 9, 2010 Interactive Map: Economic Benefits of Community Health Centers Interactive map from Ellen-Marie Whelan looks how much economic activity and how many jobs community health centers will create in every state by 2015. Aug 9, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan
The Importance of Community Health Centers ReportAug 9, 2010 The Importance of Community Health Centers Memo from Ellen-Marie Whelan looks at community health centers and their potential to deliver jobs and economic growth. Aug 9, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan
The BP Oil Disaster and Public Health VideoJul 12, 2010 The BP Oil Disaster and Public Health Ellen-Marie Whelan and Lesley Russell outline the public health effects from the gulf crisis, what the administration is doing, and what can be done going forward. Jul 12, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Lesley Russell
Preparing for the Next Public Health Crisis ReportJul 12, 2010 Preparing for the Next Public Health Crisis Ellen-Marie Whelan and Lesley Russell outline a new Public Health Response Plan to most effectively respond to the next public health crisis the nation faces. Jul 12, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Lesley Russell
Taking Control of Public Health ArticleJun 10, 2010 Taking Control of Public Health Lesley Russell and Ellen-Marie Whelan explain why the federal government, not BP, needs to take a leading role in addressing public health concerns in the gulf. Jun 10, 2010 Lesley Russell, Ellen-Marie Whelan
Tackling the Obesity Epidemic ReportMay 24, 2010 Tackling the Obesity Epidemic Rising U.S. obesity rates are leading to declining health and high health care costs, but provisions in the health reform bill are already beginning to address some of these challenges, write Ellen-Marie Whelan and Sonia Sekhar. May 24, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Sonia Sekhar
Good News 600,000 Gallons Later ArticleMay 21, 2010 Good News 600,000 Gallons Later The Obama administration has instructed BP to use a less toxic dispersant to clean up its spill, and Ellen-Marie Whelan explains why it was urgently needed. May 21, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan
The Oil Disaster Is a Health Disaster, Too ArticleMay 19, 2010 The Oil Disaster Is a Health Disaster, Too We must consider and prepare for the public health problems likely to arise from the chemicals used in the gulf cleanup, write Lesley Russell and Ellen-Marie Whelan. May 19, 2010 Lesley Russell, Ellen-Marie Whelan
Confronting America’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic ReportMay 10, 2010 Confronting America’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic Report from Ellen-Marie Whelan, Lesley Russell, and Sonia Sekhar examines how recently passed health care legislation will address the childhood obesity epidemic. May 10, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Lesley Russell, Sonia Sekhar
Video: How Health Reform Really Works VideoApr 6, 2010 Video: How Health Reform Really Works Ellen-Marie Whelan explains how the recently passed health care reform bill will give Americans better care and reduce the deficit. Apr 6, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan
Infographic: How Does Health Reform Work? ArticleMar 19, 2010 Infographic: How Does Health Reform Work? A graphic, step-by-step look at how health reform can ensure better care for all Americans while saving us money. Mar 19, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan
Better Health Care at Lower Costs ReportMar 19, 2010 Better Health Care at Lower Costs Report from Ellen-Marie Whelan and Lesley Russell on why health care reform will drive better models of health care delivery. Mar 19, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Lesley Russell
A Time to Heal, a Time to Move Forward ArticleMar 18, 2010 A Time to Heal, a Time to Move Forward A comparison of Catholic social teachings and the current health reform legislation from Ellen-Marie Whelan and Marta Cook shows that the two align. Mar 18, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Marta Cook
Why We Need Health Care Reform ReportFeb 25, 2010 Why We Need Health Care Reform Ellen-Marie Whelan and Lesley Russell outline four key reasons why we can’t wait to enact comprehensive health reform legislation and explain the president’s proposal. Feb 25, 2010 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Lesley Russell
Healthy Budget, Healthy Nation ArticleFeb 2, 2010 Healthy Budget, Healthy Nation The president’s budget builds on current health care investments while underscoring the need for comprehensive health care reform, write Karen Davenport and Ellen-Marie Whelan. Feb 2, 2010 Karen Davenport, Ellen-Marie Whelan
Closing the Health Care Workforce Gap ReportJan 15, 2010 Closing the Health Care Workforce Gap Report from Daniel J. Derksen and Ellen-Marie Whelan reforming federal health care workforce policies to meet 21st century needs. Jan 15, 2010 Daniel J. Derksen, Ellen-Marie Whelan
How the Bishops Lost Sight of Their Own Priorities ArticleDec 4, 2009 How the Bishops Lost Sight of Their Own Priorities As longstanding advocates for universal health care, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has played an ongoing, and increasingly controversial, role in health reform. Early in the process, they set out a number of criteria—eight to be exact—that they set as priorities to be included in health reform legislation. Dec 4, 2009 Jessica Arons, Ellen-Marie Whelan
The Moral Dimensions of Health Care Reform ArticleDec 1, 2009 The Moral Dimensions of Health Care Reform Ellen-Marie Whelan and Marta Cook discuss how legislation under consideration in Congress measures up to Catholic social teachings. Dec 1, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Marta Cook
Expanding the Primary Care Workforce ReportNov 3, 2009 Expanding the Primary Care Workforce Our primary care workforce is already stretched; Ellen-Marie Whelan offers solutions for coping with the shortfall, particularly if we achieve health care reform. Nov 3, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan
Unmarried and Uninsured ReportOct 27, 2009 Unmarried and Uninsured An issue brief from Liz Weiss, Ellen-Marie Whelan, and Jessica Arons explores the barriers single women face in the health insurance market. Oct 27, 2009 Liz Weiss, Ellen-Marie Whelan, Jessica Arons
Why Health Reform Is the Right Prescription for Health Professionals and Their Patients ReportOct 5, 2009 Why Health Reform Is the Right Prescription for Health Professionals and Their Patients Ellen-Marie Whelan and Mandy Krauthamer go through the health bills and show why health reform is the right prescription for health professionals and their patients. Oct 5, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Mandy Krauthamer
Ask the Expert: Bending the Health Care Cost Curve VideoOct 5, 2009 Ask the Expert: Bending the Health Care Cost Curve Ellen-Marie Whelan explains what it means to "bend the cost curve" on health care and how we can achieve it through health reform. Oct 5, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan
Better Health Through Better Information ArticleSep 29, 2009 Better Health Through Better Information Issue brief from Ellen-Marie Whelan and Sonia Sekhar explains how comparative effectiveness research will help deliver better health care. Sep 29, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Sonia Sekhar
Costly and Dangerous Treatments Weigh Down Health Care ReportJul 9, 2009 Costly and Dangerous Treatments Weigh Down Health Care Inefficient and harmful care accounts for $700 billion in spending each year; comprehensive health reform will help, write Ellen-Marie Whelan and Sonia Sekhar. Jul 9, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Sonia Sekhar
Payment Reform to Improve Health Care ReportJun 24, 2009 Payment Reform to Improve Health Care Ellen-Marie Whelan and Judy Feder examine the most prominent payment reform proposals and innovative models to offer ways forward on health payment reform. Jun 24, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan, Judy Feder
What Is Comparative Effectiveness Research? VideoMay 26, 2009 What Is Comparative Effectiveness Research? Ellen-Marie Whelan discusses why we need evidence-based health care, how it will improve health, and how we can promote it. May 26, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan
Better Information, Better Decisions ReportApr 28, 2009 Better Information, Better Decisions Comparative effectiveness research will help everyone make better health decisions, and it will bring down costs and improve care, writes Ellen-Marie Whelan. Apr 28, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan
Health Reform: Delivering for Those Who Deliver Health Care ReportApr 14, 2009 Health Reform: Delivering for Those Who Deliver Health Care CAP Action report from Robert A. Berenson and Ellen-Marie Whelan details how health reform will benefit health care professionals. Apr 14, 2009 Robert A. Berenson, Ellen-Marie Whelan
Entitlement Reform Means Fixing the Broader Health System ReportFeb 20, 2009 Entitlement Reform Means Fixing the Broader Health System Lester Feder and Ellen-Marie Whelan discuss how to solve Medicare and Medicaid’s budget challenges in this health policy brief. Feb 20, 2009 Lester Feder, Ellen-Marie Whelan
Setting the Health System Up to Fail ArticleFeb 12, 2009 Setting the Health System Up to Fail It’s no surprise that most of the Medicare demonstrations failed, writes Ellen-Marie Whelan; the useful lessons are in the two that succeeded. Feb 12, 2009 Ellen-Marie Whelan
Senate Recovery and Reinvestment Act Sells Health Care Short ArticleFeb 10, 2009 Senate Recovery and Reinvestment Act Sells Health Care Short The Senate compromise bill provides less access to health insurance, eliminates funding for prevention, and reduces workforce training initiatives. Feb 10, 2009 Peter Harbage, Judy Feder, Ellen-Marie Whelan
An Unhealthy Individual Health Insurance Market ArticleDec 23, 2008 An Unhealthy Individual Health Insurance Market Issue brief from Lester Feder and Ellen-Marie Whelan details why the broken individual insurance market, in its current form, is not fit to serve as a model for system-wide reform. Dec 23, 2008 Lester Feder, Ellen-Marie Whelan
Small Businesses, Large Problems ArticleOct 30, 2008 Small Businesses, Large Problems Ellen-Marie Whelan shows that small businesses are hit extra hard by rising health costs, and need extra help to help their employees in this health care issue brief. Oct 30, 2008 Lester Feder, Ellen-Marie Whelan