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.
Kellan Baker and Andrew Cray explain the impact of health reform for the LGBT community and how LGBT community members and organizations can get involved in implementing the law.
You’re Covered: The End of Pre-Existing Conditions
Dr. Alice Chen of Doctors for America, a Center for American Progress partner organization, explains that the new health reform law ends the practice of insurance companies denying coverage because of a pre-existing condition.
Video: Illustrating the Success of Health Care Reform
Jonathan Gruber, MIT economist and former special advisor to the president on health care, explains the benefits of reform and why the individual mandate is necessary.
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