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 advance health in all communities and reduce health inequities that foster disparate outcomes. This includes addressing the significant vulnerabilities in our public health system to ensure that it is more resilient and ready to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and future health threats.
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.
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.
Donald Trump and Republicans are Botching Health Care. We Need Medicare for Anyone.
Author Topher Spiro discusses the need for "Medicare for anyone"—a path of greater expansion and security for the health care system—rather than retrenchment.
Authors Neera Tanden and Topher Spiro detail proposed legislation that would improve the Affordable Care Act and help make affordable health insurance a reality for every American.
The American Health Care Act Could Chip Away At The Medicare Savings Programs
Authors Maura Calsyn and Stacy Sanders emphasize the importance of Medicare Savings Programs in providing insurance to low-income Americans and outline the effects the AHCA would have on these savings.
How the Senate health-care bill will drop people with preexisting conditions
Author Topher Spiro outlines ways in which the Senate GOP health care bill would cause low-income folks, the elderly, and those with pre-existing conditions to lose coverage.
Analysis: GOP plan to cost Obamacare enrollees $1,542 more a year
David Cutler, John Bertko, Topher Spiro, and Emily Gee explain how the GOP health care place increased overall costs and the risks of a financially devastating event.
