Elise Gould
Director of Health Policy Research
Areas of expertise
Employer-sponsored health insurance • Health reform
Biography
Elise Gould joined the Economic Policy Institute in September 2003. Her research areas include employer-sponsored health insurance, the employer tax exclusion, the burden of health costs, income inequality and health, and retiree coverage. She has authored a chapter on health in The State of Working America 2008/09, co-authored a book on health insurance coverage in retirement, published in venues such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Challenge Magazine, and Tax Notes, and academic journals including Health Economics, Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Risk Management & Insurance Review, and International Journal of Health Services. She has been quoted by a variety of news sources including Bloomberg , NPR, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, and her opinions have appeared on the op-ed pages of USA Today and the Detroit News.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.P. Aff., Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin
B.A., Sociology, Wesleyan University
Publications by Elise Gould
Blog
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March 15, 2013 | Big win for workers in Portland and (hopefully) Philadelphia
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Oct. 12, 2012 | The ACA unequivocally increases insurance coverage
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Sept. 12, 2012 | By the numbers: New Census Bureau data on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage
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June 28, 2012 | Supreme Court’s decision valuable because it upholds important safety net legislation
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May 10, 2012 | Senate health committee hearing stresses importance of paid sick time
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March 9, 2012 | High-scoring, low-income students no more likely to complete college than low-scoring, rich students
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Feb. 2, 2012 | SNAP for the economy
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Jan. 5, 2012 | Mobility remains low as inequality increases
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Oct. 7, 2011 | Taxing health benefits no silver bullet: Famous economists agreeing with us, Part 2
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Sept. 27, 2011 | Health insurance premiums continue to rise far faster than workers’ earnings and overall inflation
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Sept. 23, 2011 | Signs of health reform success on anniversary of provisions for young adults
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Sept. 14, 2011 | Young adults increase employer-sponsored insurance as their employment rates fall: Evidence the Affordable Care Act works
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Sept. 13, 2011 | Deep poverty at all-time high
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Sept. 13, 2011 | By the numbers: 2010 income, poverty, and health insurance coverage
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Sept. 9, 2011 | Looking ahead to next week’s Census release of income, poverty and health insurance data
Report
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May 8, 2013 | Increased health care cost sharing works as intended: It burdens patients who need care the most
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Dec. 5, 2012 | Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage continues to decline in a new decade
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Oct. 16, 2012 | Paid sick days: Measuring the small cost for New York City businesses
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July 24, 2012 | U.S. poverty rates higher, safety net weaker than in peer countries
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Feb. 23, 2012 | A decade of declines in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage
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Jan. 18, 2012 | Oregon retirement security: How are retirement needs being met now and in the future?
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June 29, 2011 | The need for paid sick days: The lack of a federal policy further erodes family economic security
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May 6, 2011 | Reducing the federal deficit by increasing households’ risk
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March 31, 2011 | Paid Sick Days: Measuring the small costs for Connecticut businesses
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Feb. 17, 2011 | The compensation penalty of “right-to-work” laws
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Jan. 5, 2011 | Another look at poverty in the Great Recession
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Nov. 16, 2010 | Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Erosion Accelerates in the Recession
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Dec. 15, 2009 | Senate health bill scores big for small business; would help provide affordable, stable coverage
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Dec. 11, 2009 | House health care bill is right on the money: Taxing high incomes better than taxing high premiums
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Oct. 27, 2009 | Employer-sponsored health insurance erosion continues
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Oct. 20, 2009 | The best of the health reform proposals
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Oct. 1, 2009 | The excise tax shares flaws of the tax cap but with even worse results
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Aug. 6, 2009 | Expanded subsidies are essential to health reform
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July 30, 2009 | Should I play or should I pay?: The success of health care reform may come down to how we frame that pivotal decision
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July 30, 2009 | The health care free ride
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July 22, 2009 | Tri-Committee Bill Scores Big for Small Business
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July 22, 2009 | Health Care Reform—Big Benefits for Small Businesses
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June 11, 2009 | Capping the health insurance tax exclusion—The consequences vary greatly across states and regions
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March 20, 2009 | Not-so-easy money: Taxing health benefits comes with costs
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March 4, 2009 | Who is Adversely Affected by Limiting the Tax Exclusion of Employment-Based Premiums?
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Oct. 8, 2008 | The erosion of employer-sponsored health insurance
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July 29, 2008 | Obama health plan outperforms McCain plan in coverage and efficiency
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Oct. 31, 2007 | The erosion of employment-based insurance: More working families left uninsured
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Sept. 20, 2007 | California kids lose employment-based coverage: The impact on the community, business, and the publi
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Aug. 24, 2007 | Children’s Lead Poisoning and Asthma
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Jan. 23, 2007 | Bush to outline misguided health care proposal in State of the Union address
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Sept. 27, 2006 | Health insurance eroding for working families: Employer-provided coverage declines for fifth consecu
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Oct. 20, 2005 | Prognosis worsens for workers’ health care: Fourth consecutive year of decline in employer-provided
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Oct. 20, 2005 | Prognosis worsens for workers’ health care: Fourth consecutive year of decline in employer-provided insurance coverage
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Oct. 20, 2004 | Less Cash in Their Pockets: Trends in Incomes, Wages, Taxes, and Health Spending of Middle-Income Fa
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Sept. 16, 2004 | The chronic problem of declining health coverage: Employer-provided health insurance falls for third
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July 27, 2004 | Assessing Job Quality: How Factcheck.org got it wrong
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Dec. 12, 2003 | Measuring employment since the recovery
Economic snapshot
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May 9, 2013 | Health spending concentrated among only a few unlucky ones: Medicaid provides meaningful safety net
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Dec. 13, 2012 | Average worker in ‘right-to-work’ state earns $1,500 less each year
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Dec. 6, 2012 | Health reform helps young adults
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Nov. 14, 2012 | Two in five female-headed families with children live in poverty
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Oct. 10, 2012 | U.S. lags behind peer countries in mobility
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July 5, 2012 | Public insurance helps blunt effects of declining employer-sponsored coverage
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June 27, 2012 | What happens if the health insurance mandate is overturned?
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March 21, 2012 | Health care reform increased employer-sponsored coverage for young adults – even in a poor labor market
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Nov. 17, 2011 | New poverty measure highlights positive effect of government assistance
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April 11, 2011 | Access to sick days is vastly unequal
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Sept. 22, 2010 | The poor are getting poorer
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Oct. 14, 2009 | Public health insurance offsets large losses in private coverage
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July 28, 2009 | Costly COBRA: For the jobless, health care costs may exceed unemployment benefits
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May 6, 2009 | No paid leave for new moms
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Oct. 8, 2008 | Most states suffer large declines in employer-sponsored health coverage
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July 16, 2008 | Growing disparities in life expectancy
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Feb. 20, 2008 | Health care insecurity greatest among Hispanics
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May 9, 2007 | For young college grads, employment levels still recovering as wages erode
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April 25, 2007 | Access to Sick Days Vastly Unequal
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Feb. 2, 2007 | Bush’s health plan scratches the surface, starts an infection
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Sept. 27, 2006 | More Children are Uninsured
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May 24, 2006 | Young college graduates face weak labor market
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Oct. 19, 2005 | Children’s health insurance at risk
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June 29, 2005 | Job quality begins to recover
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June 15, 2005 | Many already lack a steady job before the Social Security retirement age
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Oct. 20, 2004 | Health care: U.S. spends more, gets less
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Sept. 16, 2004 | Health insurance coverage and children
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Aug. 18, 2004 | Worker compensation lagging behind productivity gains
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March 3, 2004 | Different sets of employment numbers tell the same story: Slow job growth
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Dec. 3, 2003 | New plan fails half of elderly in 2006
Economic Indicators
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May 7, 2013 | Job openings and hires fell in March, and there are still 3.1 job seekers for every job opening
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April 9, 2013 | Job openings and hiring increased in February, but there are still 3.1 job seekers for every job opening
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March 12, 2013 | Job openings and hiring increased slightly in January, but there are still 3.3 job-seekers for every job opening
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Sept. 12, 2012 | Already more than a lost decade: Poverty and income trends continue to paint a bleak picture
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Sept. 12, 2012 | Government safety net leads to declining uninsured rates for those under age 65
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Aug. 7, 2012 | Job seekers’ odds improve but remain slim
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July 10, 2012 | Job seekers still face long odds
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Nov. 8, 2011 | Minimal improvement in job-finding prospects
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Sept. 14, 2011 | A lost decade: Poverty and income trends continue to paint a bleak picture for working families
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Sept. 13, 2011 | 2010 marks another year of decline for employer-sponsored health insurance coverage
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June 7, 2011 | A lack of want ads: the job market deteriorates
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Dec. 7, 2010 | No jobs for more than three out of four unemployed workers
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Sept. 16, 2010 | A lost decade: Poverty and income trends paint a bleak picture for working families
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Sept. 16, 2010 | Decline in employer-sponsored health coverage accelerated three times as fast in 2009
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Sept. 10, 2009 | Employer-sponsored health insurance erosion continues, will likely accelerate through 2009
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Aug. 26, 2008 | Overall health insurance coverage rises, but masks decline in private coverage
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Oct. 31, 2007 | The erosion of employment-based insurance: More working families left uninsured
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Sept. 27, 2006 | Health insurance eroding for working families: Employer-provided coverage declines for fifth consecu
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Oct. 20, 2005 | Prognosis worsens for workers’ health care: Fourth consecutive year of decline in employer-provided insurance coverage
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Sept. 16, 2004 | The chronic problem of declining health coverage: Employer-provided health insurance falls for third
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March 23, 2004 | Bush officials try to cherry-pick statistics; it’s still worst job creation record in 60 years—EPI Viewpoints
Commentary
Jan. 25, 2012 | President Obama, help low-income families by creating jobs
July 6, 2011 | Connecticut correct to mandate paid sick days
Sept. 16, 2010 | “Yet another reminder of the severity of the Great Recession”
Nov. 13, 2009 | The House Wins
Oct. 22, 2009 | Senate tax proposal would affect one-third of health insurance plans
Oct. 2, 2009 | The excise tax shares flaws of the tax cap but with even worse results
Sept. 14, 2009 | Finishing strong
Sept. 8, 2009 | Declining health care coverage: the worst is yet to come
July 23, 2009 | Small business and health reform
July 15, 2009 | High-priced, but not high-quality
May 13, 2009 | A public plan option as backup insurance for all Americans
April 29, 2009 | Health Reform in the 21st Century: Employer Sponsored Insurance
May 2, 2007 | The Health-Finance Debate Reaches a Fever Pitch
Oct. 19, 2006 | Making healthcare worse
Oct. 11, 2006 | Consumer-driven health care is a false promise
Aug. 25, 2004 | Bush strikes out on health care, making sense – EPI Viewpoints