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Health Coverage and Access

WEBHealth Coverage and Access. Health coverage is key to accessing health care and preventive services. The Center for American Progress has long researched, …

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Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

WEBHealth coverage. In 2017, 16.1 percent of Hispanics were uninsured compared with 5.9 percent of non-Hispanic whites. 16. 83.9 percent of Hispanics had health care coverage …

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Top 10 Ways To Improve Health and Health Equity

WEBFrom 2019 to 2020, life expectancy in the United States declined by 1.5 years, reaching its lowest level since 2003. 1 It fell yet again in 2021. 2 In fact, the …

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How States Can Expand Health Care Access in Rural Communities

WEBWhile only 14 percent of Americans—almost 46 million people—live in rural areas, rural communities represent nearly two-thirds of primary care health professional …

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Policies To Improve Health Insurance Coverage as America …

WEBThis issue brief contains a correction. One year ago this month, the first wave of COVID-19 cases in the United States led to widespread job loss throughout the …

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How Investing in Public Health Will Strengthen America’s Health

WEBIn 2019, the United States spent roughly $3.8 trillion on health, but less than 3 percent of that was spent on public health specifically 93 —a decline from the 3.2 …

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State Initiatives To Improve Health Care Affordability

WEBThe Center for American Progress is dedicated to bolstering affordable, high-quality health care and health insurance coverage. Many Americans, even those with comprehensive …

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Fact Sheet: How Investing in Public Health Will Strengthen …

WEBThe federal, state, and local agencies and departments that comprise the U.S. public health system are dedicated to disease prevention and health promotion.

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How States Can Build on the ACA To Improve Affordability and …

WEBMultiple states have already implemented or are advancing proposals to improve health care affordability and increase enrollment in the individual market. 2 …

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Fact Sheet: Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity

WEBTen percent of Hispanics of all ages report they are in fair or poor health. A total of 37.9 percent of Latinos age 20 and over were obese in 2008. Obesity rates were …

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Excess Administrative Costs Burden the U.S. Health Care System

WEBof total health care expenditures in 1999 were from administrative costs or $294 billion—roughly $569 billion today when adjusted for medical care inflation. A more …

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Fact Sheet: Protecting and Advancing Health Care for Transgender …

WEBDiscrimination, violence, and stigma, along with other social determinants of health, 1 significantly affect the physical, mental, and behavioral health of transgender …

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Federal Solutions To Address Rising Costs of Employer-Sponsored

WEBIn 2022, 92 percent of Americans had some form of health insurance, with nearly half of this coverage obtained through an employer. 1 While a vital benefit for …

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Fact Check: Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants

WEBFalsehood #4: Illegal immigrants are a vast part of the uninsured population and removing them will solve the health care crisis. Fact: We have approximately 46.3 …

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Latinos Face Disproportionate Health and Economic Impacts From …

WEBA man waits in line to fill out unemployment forms in Imperial County, California, which is 85 percent Latino and has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, …

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RELEASE: Wealth of Younger Americans Is Historically High

WEBWashington, D.C. — A new Center for American Progress analysis finds that younger Americans are the winners of the strong economic recovery coming out of the …

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Wealth of Younger Americans Is Historically High

WEBDue to a historic economic recovery, inflation-adjusted wealth for younger Americans has grown 49 percent since right before the pandemic—a positive trend …

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Abortion Access Mapped by Congressional District

WEBThe population share of reproductive-age women varies by district. Across all 432 congressional districts analyzed, reproductive-age women made up 19.5 percent of …

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The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and the Continued Fight …

WEBJoin the Center for American Progress for a conversation between former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and Fred Gray, a renowned civil rights attorney who …

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Film Screening: 'The 50'

WEBA documentary film about a groundbreaking mental health program in a California prison, told by the program’s first 50 inmates. The film will be followed by a …

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ONLINE EVENT ADVISORY: 2024 CAP Summit on Education: Reset.

WEBThe American education system is at a crossroads, with implications for the future of our democracy, our economy, and national security. Bringing together …

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