
North Carolina’s Expansion of Medicaid Should Serve as an Inspiration to Other States
North Carolina has approved Medicaid expansion—a move to bring in federal funds to bolster rural hospitals and increase resources for mental health.
Health care affordability is key for access to care and health equity. The Center for American Progress researches and supports policies that would lower health care costs for consumers and make health care more affordable and efficient. The following research and analyses outline opportunities to lower health care costs.
North Carolina has approved Medicaid expansion—a move to bring in federal funds to bolster rural hospitals and increase resources for mental health.
This collection features stories from Americans whose lives were changed by the Affordable Care Act.
On the second anniversary of the American Rescue Plan, Americans share how the legislation has affected their lives and communities.
To address hospital consolidation, improve competition, and protect consumers from higher health care costs, state legislatures should act to strengthen and support state attorneys general antitrust enforcement authority.
To minimize the disruption of health insurance churn, particularly for low-income people, state policymakers should take action to ease enrollment transitions between Medicaid and marketplace coverage.
This is the first installment in the Center for American Progress’ series highlighting best practices to improve and expand contraceptive access at the state level.
This fact sheet accompanies the Center for American Progress’ report on best practices to expand and improve contraceptive access at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and offering recommendations for one-year contraceptive dispensing policies.
This collection features stories from Americans across the country whose lives and communities have benefited from the legislative and executive actions passed under the Biden administration.
Social determinants of health, such as access to secure housing, family employment and economic stability, education, and child care, must be the focus of federal policies to support infant and toddler health.
As premiums rise faster than wages, workers face greater cost sharing, leaving some underinsured.
This documentary film sheds light on the impacts of hospital consolidation and the conduct of non-profit hospitals.
The lack of funding for COVID-19 response has left the country unprepared for a possible surge of the coronavirus this winter and beyond.
Health care cost commissions can help states address rising health care costs while also advancing other health policy priorities.
Policy options that reduce spending and support quality, while preserving coverage, affordability, and care access for seniors, can improve the value of Medicare.
Policymakers should ensure that all nonprofit hospitals fulfill their charitable mission and their obligation to address community needs.
Rose Khattar and Lauren Hoffman discuss how, in addition to recent reforms such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the student loan relief plan, more measures are necessary to finally close the pay gap that continues to limit economic opportunity for many women.
Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act will protect public health by improving adult access to vaccines and reducing harmful air pollution.
This CAP Action collection features stories from people in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and New Hampshire whose lives have been improved by the legislation passed during the Biden administration’s first two years.
Please join the Center for American Progress for a multipanel discussion with OMB Director Shalanda Young, one of the key officials responsible for implementing the IRA, and everyday Americans about the Inflation Reduction Act and what it will mean for the United States and the American people.
The act will lower household costs across health coverage, prescription drugs, home energy, and electric vehicles.
Costly, heat-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations are rising as the climate warms, reflecting only a small portion of extreme heat-related consequences.
The Inflation Reduction Act’s health insurance subsidies and drug pricing reforms will improve health care affordability for Americans.
The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act will fight inflation; bring down the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs; cut health care costs; make historic investments to tackle climate change; and significantly cut the deficit.
The new Senate deal will reduce inflation; bring down the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs; cut health care costs; make historic investments to tackle climate change; and significantly cut the deficit.