We advance health coverage, health care access and affordability, public health and equity, and quality and efficiency in health care payment and delivery.
A health care professional measures a worker's blood pressure, 2005. (Getty/Smith Collection/Gado/Centers for Disease Control/CDC Connects)
What We're Doing
Expanding affordable health coverage
We are dedicated to bolstering affordable, high-quality health coverage options. By building on the Affordable Care Act, closing the Medicaid coverage gap, and developing progressive solutions for a world in which everyone can access care.
Advancing public health and equity
We are working to reduce health inequities and advance health in all communities that permeate the health care system at every level and foster disparate outcomes.
Lowering health costs for consumers
We are finding ways to reduce costs while improving health care quality and addressing the social and economic factors that influence health. Via delivery system and payment reform, the government has ample opportunities to bolster efficiency and quality in health care.
We Have the Tools to Prevent a Winter COVID Surge. It’s Time to Use Them All.
Jill Rosenthal outlines next steps that the Biden administration, state and local policymakers, and private companies should take to prevent a winter surge in COVID-19 cases.
Biden Admin Should Expand Its Health Care Vaccine Requirement
Author Emily Gee argues that the Biden administration should expand its recent vaccine mandate—requiring vaccination for staff at all nursing homes receiving Medicare and Medicaid funds—to all entities receiving payment from the programs.
Vaccine rollout is a success story unlike any in the world
Authors Jill Rosenthal and Ben Hatt commend the United States’ vaccine rollout and explain what must be done to ensure its continued success in the months ahead.
In Union, There is Strength: How Our Union Benefits Our Nonprofit’s Mission
Juli Adhikari, Thomas Waldrop, and Malkie Wall explain how their experience in CAP's union highlights how unions contribute to a more just and equitable society.
Get aggressive, governors and mayors. Show that the buck and coronavirus stop with you.
Zeke Emanuel and Topher Spiro explain that in the face of poor federal leadership, state and local action is necessary to manage the coronavirus pandemic.
