Childhood Vaccination Has Saved Millions of Lives, but Rising Hesitancy Could Reverse Decades of Progress ReportJanuary 8, 2025 Childhood Vaccination Has Saved Millions of Lives, but Rising Hesitancy Could Reverse Decades of Progress Growing vaccine hesitancy, driven by misinformation and disinformation, threatens the health of American children and communities. Jan 8, 2025 Steven Woolf, Jill Rosenthal
Paid Leave Helps Americans Keep Their Health Insurance When They Need It Most ReportDecember 16, 2024 Paid Leave Helps Americans Keep Their Health Insurance When They Need It Most Through dedicated protections and continuation of income, workplace leave laws can allow workers to keep their health insurance coverage at crucial moments. Dec 16, 2024 Molly Weston Williamson
Policies To Combat Anticompetitive Practices in Health Care ReportDecember 11, 2024 Policies To Combat Anticompetitive Practices in Health Care Using their market power, health care providers and payers often leverage anticompetitive contracting terms to maximize profit at the expense of patient access and affordability. Dec 11, 2024 Nicole Rapfogel, Marquisha Johns
Trends and Consequences in Health Insurer Consolidation ReportDecember 4, 2024 Trends and Consequences in Health Insurer Consolidation Increasing levels of consolidation among private payers, driven by vertical integration and market specialization, are undermining competition and fueling higher health care costs. Dec 4, 2024 Natasha Murphy
Transgender Medical Care: What You Should Know and How To Preserve Access to Care ReportDecember 2, 2024 Transgender Medical Care: What You Should Know and How To Preserve Access to Care Transgender medical care is safe, effective, lifesaving—but access to it is under attack. Dec 2, 2024 Cait Smith, Haley Norris
Climate Change Jeopardizes HIV Care in the U.S. ArticleNovember 20, 2024 Climate Change Jeopardizes HIV Care in the U.S. Policymakers and public health officials need to take steps to integrate climate resilience in HIV/AIDS health care programs to mitigate the disproportionate impact that extreme weather events have on people living with HIV. Nov 20, 2024 Haley Norris
What To Know Ahead of 2025 Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Fact SheetOctober 30, 2024 What To Know Ahead of 2025 Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment ACA marketplace open enrollment begins on November 1, and millions of Americans will benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act’s enhanced tax credits. Oct 30, 2024 Natasha Murphy
Expanding Access to Basic Reentry Services Will Improve Health, Well-Being, and Public Safety ReportOctober 29, 2024 Expanding Access to Basic Reentry Services Will Improve Health, Well-Being, and Public Safety Improving access to health care for individuals rejoining their communities after incarceration is a critical strategy for reducing crime, improving community health, and bettering overall public safety. Oct 29, 2024 Anuja Gore, Akua Amaning
Fact Sheet: How Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for Affordable Health Care Empower Self-Employed Americans Fact SheetOctober 28, 2024 Fact Sheet: How Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for Affordable Health Care Empower Self-Employed Americans Without congressional action to extend enhanced tax credits beyond 2025, self-employed workers will face reduced access to affordable and comprehensive coverage. Oct 28, 2024 Natasha Murphy
The Top 5 Ways Project 2025 Would Hurt Disabled People ReportOctober 28, 2024 The Top 5 Ways Project 2025 Would Hurt Disabled People Project 2025 would directly harm disabled people by removing basic civil rights protections and making it harder for these individuals to access necessary resources and services. Oct 28, 2024 Mia Ives-Rublee, Casey Doherty
Opinion: Medicare or Medicare Advantage? One of them doesn’t give you what you pay for. In the NewsOctober 25, 2024 Opinion: Medicare or Medicare Advantage? One of them doesn’t give you what you pay for. In an article for MarketWatch, Andrea Ducas and David Lipschutz explain how privatized Medicare fails to deliver for vulnerable Americans and what policymakers can do to level the playing field. Oct 25, 2024 MarketWatch Andrea Ducas, David Lipschutz
Project 2025 Would Eliminate No-Cost Vaccines for 54 Million Medicare Beneficiaries ArticleSeptember 11, 2024 Project 2025 Would Eliminate No-Cost Vaccines for 54 Million Medicare Beneficiaries The Project 2025 agenda would cause Medicare beneficiaries to lose no-cost access to lifesaving vaccines, increasing their health care costs and jeopardizing their health—particularly for older Black and Latino adults and those with lower incomes. Sep 11, 2024 Jill Rosenthal, Marquisha Johns
5 Ways Project 2025 Puts Profits Over Patients ArticleSeptember 4, 2024 5 Ways Project 2025 Puts Profits Over Patients Project 2025’s agenda to put profits ahead of patients would hurt American consumers for decades to come. Sep 4, 2024 Nicole Rapfogel, Jill Rosenthal, Marquisha Johns, 2 More Brian Keyser, Andrea Ducas
Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Veterans ArticleAugust 22, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Veterans The new authoritarian playbook would devastate veterans in many ways. Aug 22, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Seniors ArticleAugust 15, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Seniors The new authoritarian playbook would devastate American seniors in many ways. Aug 15, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Project 2025’s Medicare Changes Would Restrict Older Americans’ Access to Care and Imperil the Program’s Financial Health ArticleAugust 15, 2024 Project 2025’s Medicare Changes Would Restrict Older Americans’ Access to Care and Imperil the Program’s Financial Health By making Medicare Advantage—privatized Medicare—the default option for all Medicare enrollees, Project 2025’s plan would lead to a multibillion-dollar giveaway to corporations that would limit older Americans’ health care choices while putting Medicare’s future at risk. Aug 15, 2024 Brian Keyser, Andrea Ducas
Event Recap: State Policy Efforts To Avert and Alleviate Medical Debt ArticleAugust 6, 2024 Event Recap: State Policy Efforts To Avert and Alleviate Medical Debt The fourth session in the Center for American Progress’ state health care affordability series highlighted policies in Minnesota and Oregon as well as model legislation aimed at protecting consumers from the financial burdens of medical debt. Aug 6, 2024 Natasha Murphy
6 Medicare Advantage Data Gaps That the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Must Fill ArticleJuly 29, 2024 6 Medicare Advantage Data Gaps That the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Must Fill The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must address gaps in Medicare Advantage broker compensation, network adequacy, prior authorization, supplemental benefits use, disenrollment, and enrollee out-of-pocket cost expenditure data. Jul 29, 2024 Brian Keyser, Andrea Ducas
How the Affordable Care Act Improved Access to Preventive Health Services ReportJuly 10, 2024 How the Affordable Care Act Improved Access to Preventive Health Services Congress must protect and build on the Affordable Care Act’s provisions related to disease prevention and health promotion over and beyond the law’s historic health coverage expansions—particularly in light of the recent Braidwood v. Becerra decision. Jul 10, 2024 Marquisha Johns, Jill Rosenthal
Project 2025: Exposing the Far-Right Assault on America Past EventJuly 9, 2024 Project 2025: Exposing the Far-Right Assault on America Please join the Center for American Progress for an event discussing the implications of Project 2025 for all Americans and the ways in which its policy proposals are already having an impact at the state level. Jul 9, 2024
CAP Responds to Request for Information on Consolidation in Health Care Markets ArticleJune 24, 2024 CAP Responds to Request for Information on Consolidation in Health Care Markets The Center for American Progress submitted a response to the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ request for information on consolidation in health care markets. Jun 24, 2024 Natasha Murphy, Nicole Rapfogel, Alexandra Thornton, 3 More Marc Jarsulic, Andrea Ducas, Brian Keyser
Project 2025 Medicaid Lifetime Cap Proposal Threatens Health Care Coverage for up to 18.5 Million Americans ArticleJune 20, 2024 Project 2025 Medicaid Lifetime Cap Proposal Threatens Health Care Coverage for up to 18.5 Million Americans If enacted, lifetime Medicaid caps would strip benefits from low-income populations, particularly in states that have not expanded Medicaid. Jun 20, 2024 Natasha Murphy
Project 2025 Would Take Away Access to Free Emergency Contraception for 48 Million Women ArticleJune 18, 2024 Project 2025 Would Take Away Access to Free Emergency Contraception for 48 Million Women A new state-by-state analysis estimates that 48 million women would lose guaranteed access to no-cost emergency contraception if the Project 2025 agenda were implemented. Jun 18, 2024 Nicole Rapfogel, Kierra B. Jones
The Sweeping Consequences of the Far Right’s Plan To Effectuate a Backdoor National Abortion Ban in Project 2025 ArticleJune 17, 2024 The Sweeping Consequences of the Far Right’s Plan To Effectuate a Backdoor National Abortion Ban in Project 2025 This column is the second of two pieces highlighting the far-reaching consequences for women and families of misapplying the Comstock Act to eliminate access to medication abortion access through the mail. Jun 17, 2024 Sabrina Talukder