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EPI analyzes the U.S. health care system through the lens of low- and moderate income families’ living standards, with special attention to employer-sponsored health insurance, the burden of health costs, and disparities in access and outcomes. Search all EPI publications by author, issue, or content.

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The unfinished business of health reform

WebSources: Data on ESI premiums (top panel) and cumulative growth in total health care costs (bottom panel) come from the Kaiser Family Foundation (2017) …

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How would repealing the Affordable Care Act affect …

WebSource: Spending cut and coverage loss numbers are from Linda Blumberg, Matthew Buettgens, and John Holahan, Implications of Partial Repeal of the ACA through …

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Medicare for All would boost wages, expand workers’ …

WebA new report from EPI research director Josh Bivens finds that Medicare for All would bolster the labor market, strengthen economic security for millions of U.S. …

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Health insurance and the COVID-19 shock

WebBecause the large majority of nonelderly U.S. households rely on employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) to pay for health care, any economic shock that destroys …

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Rising health care costs are an economic, not a budget, …

WebWhile federal budget deficits in recent years have been driven by the Great Recession and its aftermath, long-term fiscal issues are driven almost solely by rising …

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Paid sick leave access expands with widespread state action

WebSummary: Over the past decade, 15 states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws requiring employers to allow workers to earn paid sick time. As a result, the …

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Care workers are deeply undervalued and underpaid

WebNotes: Wages are based on pooled 2018 to 2020 microdata from the Economic Policy Institute’s extracts of the Current Population Survey, reported in 2020 …

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The best of the health reform proposals Economic Policy Institute

WebPrior research has highlighted better places for the federal government to enact automatic failsafe provisions to ensure the deficit neutrality of health reform in the future. Both …

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Raising the minimum wage could improve public health

WebBurgeoning research in economics and epidemiology suggests that raising the minimum wage will improve the health of many Americans, especially low-income …

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New report shows how care workers are undervalued and deserve …

WebA new EPI report shows that child care and home health care workers are deeply undervalued and underpaid—and estimates what fair and equitable wages would …

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Toxic stress and children’s outcomes

WebThis report describes the relative frequency of toxic stress by race and social class, and shows how it depresses children’s outcomes and contributes to the …

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Black workers face two of the most lethal preexisting conditions …

WebAfrican Americans have disproportionately high COVID-19 death rates and are more likely to live in areas experiencing outbreaks. Given the disproportionate …

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Racial and ethnic disparities in the United States: An interactive

WebThis interactive chartbook provides a statistical snapshot of race and ethnicity in the United States, depicting racial/ethnic disparities observed through population demographics; …

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Coronavirus and farmworkers

WebWork and travel restrictions for nonessential U.S. workers aimed at slowing the spread of the COVID-19 are being implemented across the country, but working …

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Who are essential workers

WebTable 2 shows the demographics of essential workers by industry, including gender, education level, and race and ethnicity.. Women make up the majority of …

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Many older workers have difficult jobs that put them at risk

WebFull Report. P olicymakers and researchers often see working longer as a solution for workers who cannot afford to retire. Underlying this thinking is an assumption …

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Unions are not only good for workers, they’re good for …

WebIn this report, we document the correlation between higher levels of unionization in states and a range of economic, personal, and democratic well-being …

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Explaining the Department of Labor’s new overtime rule that will

WebThe U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule today making changes to the regulations about who is eligible for overtime pay. Here’s why this matters: How the …

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Chasing the dream of equity: How policy has shaped racial …

WebOn August 28, 1963, over 200,000 demonstrators participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C. Though the event is remembered for Dr. …

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