Health and Social Programs Archives - Center for Economic and Policy Research

CEPR explores economic policies that affect the US health care and welfare systems. Visit the coronavirus issue page for our latest on the pandemic.

CEPR explora las políticas económicas que impactan los sistemas de salud y de bienestar de los Estados Unidos. Visite la página de problemas de coronavirus para conocer lo último sobre la pandemia.

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CoronavirusHealth and Social ProgramsUSWorkers Counterpoint: Unemployment Benefits Should Depend on the Pandemic

If the pandemic is out of control, we should be encouraging people to stay home, not to return to work.

Dean Baker / BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE / July 02, 2020

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Health and Social ProgramsUSWorkers Vacations for All

The McSally travel tax credit deserves to be widely mocked as another tax giveaway to the well-off. But progressives shouldn’t shy away from using social policy to reduce vacation inequality.

Shawn Fremstad / July 01, 2020

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Health and Social ProgramsUSWorkers Older Workers Targeted in Trump’s Lawsuit to End Obamacare

The ACA has many inadequacies, but it has allowed tens of millions to get insurance who could not otherwise. Donald Trump wants to take this insurance away.

Dean Baker / June 30, 2020

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CoronavirusHealth and Social ProgramsUS Don’t Neglect Funding Early Childcare and Education Infrastructure

Social infrastructure holds the key to successfully navigating a range of challenges on the horizon. This is nowhere more important than in the care and education of young children.

Eileen Appelbaum / ALTERNET / June 26, 2020