Health
In 2010, an historic health reform law was passed, which will vastly increase Americans’ access to health insurance. For EPI’s Health Policy Research group, the passage of the law was the culmination of years of research that highlighted the decline of employer-sponsored health insurance, the skyrocketing costs of health insurance and the need for a better system.
All work on this topic
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More Empty Rhetoric on Public Investment and Discretionary Spending: Fred Hiatt Edition
June 17, 2013 | | Blog
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Financial Security of Elderly Americans at Risk: Proposed changes to Social Security and Medicare could make a majority of seniors ‘economically vulnerable’
June 6, 2013 | | Report
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Health spending concentrated among only a few unlucky ones: Medicaid provides meaningful safety net
May 9, 2013 | | Economic snapshot
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Increased health care cost sharing works as intended: It burdens patients who need care the most
May 8, 2013 | | Report
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Kids vs. seniors: an Urban myth
April 18, 2013 | | Blog
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Big win for workers in Portland and (hopefully) Philadelphia
March 15, 2013 | | Blog
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Testimony in support of SB 698: Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act
February 27, 2013 | | Testimony
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Testimony in support of HB 735: Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act
February 27, 2013 | | Testimony
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What we read today
February 20, 2013 | Blog
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What we read today
January 10, 2013 | Blog
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What we read today
January 4, 2013 | Blog
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At $250B, costs of occupational injury and illness exceed costs of cancer
January 3, 2013 | | Blog
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The 15 worst economic ideas of 2012
December 21, 2012 | | Blog
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What we read today
December 13, 2012 | Blog
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What we read today
December 7, 2012 | Blog
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Health reform helps young adults
December 6, 2012 | | Economic snapshot
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Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage continues to decline in a new decade
December 5, 2012 | | Report
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What we read today
October 22, 2012 | Blog
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What we read today
October 16, 2012 | Blog
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Paid sick days: Measuring the small cost for New York City businesses
October 16, 2012 | | Report
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The ACA unequivocally increases insurance coverage
October 12, 2012 | | Blog
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No debate here, just facts on the presidential candidates’ economic policies
October 3, 2012 | | Blog
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Social Security, Medicare and life expectancy
September 26, 2012 | | Blog
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2011 American Community Survey shows continuing hardship throughout the U.S.
September 20, 2012 | | Blog
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By the numbers: New Census Bureau data on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage
September 12, 2012 | | Multimedia
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Seniors spend almost three times more on out-of-pocket health costs
September 5, 2012 | | Blog
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How much will the Ryan Medicare voucher cost you?
August 30, 2012 | | Blog
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Health reform and the $716 billion lie
August 27, 2012 | | Blog
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Rising health care costs are an economic, not a budget, problem
August 23, 2012 | | Economic snapshot
