From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In a new report, EPI’s Josh Bivens examines how rapid growth in U.S. health care costs has put sustained downward pressure on wages and incomes. Bivens calculates that, since 1979, American workers have lost almost … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/10/25/resources-from-around-the-coalition-health-care-tax-cuts-affordable-housing-and-more/#.W9HQMHtKgdU By CHN October 25, 2018 Editor’s note: The following piece was written by Makenna Whitworth, CHN’s Fall 2018 intern. MaKenna is a senior majoring in political science at Brigham Young University. Election Day is less than two weeks away, … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s no surprise that in poll after poll this election season, health care is consistently at the top of the list of voters’ concerns. [1] We all watched last year as the Republican-led Congress took one … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Pennsylvania is facing a healthcare affordability crisis. Even those of us who have health coverage through our jobs are struggling to pay for the care we need. A recently released poll in PA showed that … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The Affordable Care Act was a huge step forward in fixing America’s broken health care system. But it was never meant to be the end—there is still more work to do. Americans spend far … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/10/19/new-study-shows-expanding-medicaid-improves-access-care-low-income-adults/#.W8oVVXtKgdU By Lecia Imbery October 19, 2018 We know that states that expanded their Medicaid program have far fewer uninsured working-age adults. Now, thanks to a new study from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), we know that such health insurance … Continued
From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org): With election season in full swing, candidates are hitting the campaign trail speaking to issues that are important to voters. We know that health care, and specifically protections for people with preexisting conditions, is a top … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Bad news. HB 2138 – the bill that would impose harmful work requirements on people who rely on Medicaid – was passed yesterday by the PA Senate. Governor Wolf has already pledged to … Continued
House Bills 2138 and 1659 – bills that would impose harmful work requirements on people who rely on Medicaid and food assistance – passed out of the Rules Committees in the PA Senate yesterday. It will move quickly to a … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/26/fact-week-drop-uninsured-rates-low-income-rural-residents-three-times-larger-medicaid-expansion-states/#.W6vd9HtKgdU By Lecia Imbery September 26, 2018 The uninsured rate for low-income adults has decreased in the last several years across America, thanks in large part to the Affordable Care Act. But small towns and rural areas of states … Continued