Protecting Americans From Extreme Heat Past EventSeptember 11, 2024 Protecting Americans From Extreme Heat Join CAP for an event discussing policy proposals and actions that can protect those most vulnerable to extreme heat. Sep 11, 2024
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 Would Make It Easier for Big Corporations To Dump Dangerous Toxins That Poison Americans ArticleAugust 7, 2024 Project 2025 Would Make It Easier for Big Corporations To Dump Dangerous Toxins That Poison Americans Far-right extremists’ plans to dismantle environmental regulations would reverse progress in protecting Americans from lead, PFAS, soot, and other hazards. Aug 7, 2024 Jill Rosenthal, Marquisha Johns, Jasia Smith
Executive Summary: Protecting Children From Extreme Heat Is Critical for Their Health, Learning, and Development Fact SheetJuly 18, 2024 Executive Summary: Protecting Children From Extreme Heat Is Critical for Their Health, Learning, and Development This fact sheet summarizes a recent Center of American Progress report highlighting the need for policymakers to take steps to develop heat standards for children and support infrastructure improvements to ensure schools, child care centers, and communities are safe and healthy places for children. Jul 18, 2024 Allie Schneider, Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Hailey Gibbs, 1 More Lisette Partelow
Protecting Children From Extreme Heat Is Critical for Their Health, Learning, and Development ReportJuly 17, 2024 Protecting Children From Extreme Heat Is Critical for Their Health, Learning, and Development As climate change intensifies extreme heat around the globe, policymakers must take steps to develop heat standards for children and support infrastructure improvements to ensure schools, child care centers, and communities are safe and healthy places for children. Jul 17, 2024 Allie Schneider, Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Hailey Gibbs, 1 More Lisette Partelow
What Is Project 2025? VideoJuly 12, 2024 What Is Project 2025? The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is a road map for how a new, far-right presidential administration could take over the country. Maya Angelou said it best: "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Jul 12, 2024 Colin Seeberger, Hai-Lam Phan, Toni Pandolfo, 2 More Olivia Mowry, Syrus Sadvandi
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
Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. We need a federal heat standard to protect workers In the NewsJuly 9, 2024 Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. We need a federal heat standard to protect workers Jill Rosenthal explains why we need better protections for workers facing extreme heat on the job in an op-ed published in Fortune. Jul 9, 2024 Fortune Jill Rosenthal
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
Hurricane season is approaching fast. We need to talk about health care resilience In the NewsMay 17, 2024 Hurricane season is approaching fast. We need to talk about health care resilience Marquisha Johns writes about the importance of fostering a resilient health care system in the United States as climate change accelerates. May 17, 2024 STAT Marquisha Johns
Let’s build on recent progress to eliminate childhood lead poisoning from food, paint and water In the NewsApril 30, 2024 Let’s build on recent progress to eliminate childhood lead poisoning from food, paint and water In an op-ed for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Ruth Ann Norton and Jill Rosenthal explain why childhood lead poisoning is a modern American crisis we can’t afford ignore. Apr 30, 2024 Pennsylvania Capital-Star Ruth Ann Norton, Jill Rosenthal