Health Care

The Onrushing Uninsurance Crisis

by Merrill Goozner June 30, 2026June 29, 2026

The uninsured rate is likely to soar to 11 percent this year. Skyrocketing private premiums are sure to follow.

Neera Tanden, President and CEO, Center for American Progress (CAP).

Health Care

Half a Loaf From the Center for American Progress

by Merrill Goozner April 13, 2026April 13, 2026

Podcast

Trump’s Not-So-Great Health Care Plan

by Anne Kim March 25, 2026March 24, 2026

Data Over Dogma: A case for criminal justice reforms that follow the facts. Pictured here, a Washington Metropolitan Police Department vehicle moves through an intersection with lights and sirens Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington.

Books

Where Left and Right Both Go Wrong on Crime

by Keith Humphreys March 23, 2026May 5, 2026

Health Care

A Health Care Plan for the Midterms

by Merrill Goozner March 11, 2026March 11, 2026

Welfare Wages: Only five of the 20 largest employers of low-wage workers in America pay median wages above the federal Medicaid/SNAP thresholds.

Newsletter

The Corporate Conspiracy of Silence on “Affordability”

by Anne Kim March 8, 2026March 6, 2026

Attention Abroad: U.S. President Donald Trump provides an update on the Attack on Iran at a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2026.

Health Care

Reform on Ice

by Merrill Goozner March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

Ugly Sequel: The Republican Study Committee (RSC) has released a blueprint for a budget reconciliation bill that would cut federal benefits for legal immigrants. Here, Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) alongside Republican Study Committee (RSC) members speaks at a press conference on September 30, 2021, on Capitol Hill.

Newsletter

The GOP’s Cruel Plans for Another Big Ugly Bill

by Anne Kim March 1, 2026February 27, 2026

A Year Spent Degrading Public Health. President Donald Trump listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington.

Health Care

A Year Spent Degrading Health

by Merrill Goozner January 31, 2026January 31, 2026

Millions of small business owners, freelancers, and gig workers rely on the Affordable Care Act for health insurance. Republican indifference to that reality is creating an unexpected political opportunity.

Health Care

Republican Attacks on the Affordable Care Act Give Democrats an Opportunity to Court Small Business

by David Masciotra January 12, 2026January 11, 2026

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The Onrushing Uninsurance Crisis

Half a Loaf From the Center for American Progress

Trump’s Not-So-Great Health Care Plan

Where Left and Right Both Go Wrong on Crime

Reform on Ice

A Year Spent Degrading Health

Republican Attacks on the Affordable Care Act Give Democrats an Opportunity to Court Small Business

The Housing Bill Trump Shrugged Off Is Only Half the Answer

Booming Oil Profits Show Why Policymakers Can’t “Wait and See” on Gas Prices

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