Analyses
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Public Options and Other Policies to Lower Health Insurance Premiums Need Guardrails to Protect Low- and Moderate-Income Consumers
The RAND Corporation, in collaboration with Families USA's National Center for Coverage Innovation and leading national actuarial firms, just released a groundbreaking analysis of public options in th...
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Video Storytelling: Medicaid Expansion Can Help Missouri Combat the COVID-19 Crisis
Note: Be sure to click on the links to see Missourians explain why the state needs to expand Medicaid. Medicaid Expansion Can Help Missouri Combat the COVID-19 Crisis Medicaid expansion has neve...
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Nebraska Can Use Medicaid to Boost the Economy and Close the COVID-19 Coverage Gap
The COVID-19 crisis is sending Nebraska’s economy into a downward spiral and causing thousands in the state to lose their jobs and job-based health insurance. In response, the state must take immedi...
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Early State Trends Signal Massive Surge in Medicaid Enrollment Related to COVID-19
As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, the role of Medicaid as the nation’s health coverage safety net is becoming clearer. With tens of millions of people losing employer-based health insurance, covering ...
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COVID-19: What Children Need From Congress to Protect Their Health and Well-Being
As our nation confronts a public health threat greater than any we’ve seen in a century, every person, every patient, every family is struggling to understand and manage the devastating and far-rang...
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How the HEROES Act Compares to Key Priorities for Federal Legislation
On May 12, 2020, House leadership released its proposal for the next round of COVID-19 legislation, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800). While the len...
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Without Bold Congressional Action, Major Losses in Health Coverage Will Accelerate the Spread of Untreatable, Deadly COVID-19
COVID-19’s spread and the resulting economic collapse have moved with blinding speed. The first American died of COVID-19 on March 1. By May 1— just two months later — 63,000 had lost their live...
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Unemployment Insurance Websites Are Not Telling Laid-Off Workers About Available Health Programs, Despite Enormous Losses of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Millions of laid-off workers and their families need health insurance. Since mid-March, an estimated 33 million newly unemployed workers filed new claims for unemployment insurance (UI). Experts proje...
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During COVID-19 Health and Financial Crises, States Should Act Now to Protect Families from Surprise Medical Bills
As our nation confronts a public health and economic threat greater than any we’ve seen in a century, every family is struggling to understand and manage the devastating and far-ranging effects of C...
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North Carolina Must Expand Medicaid Now to Protect its Workers
As the COVID-19 crisis worsens, it is especially vital that all Americans have health insurance coverage to access testing and treatment. Yet many working North Carolinians are rapidly losing their jo...
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