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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CoronavirusGovernmentHealth and Social ProgramsUSWorkers Use Work-sharing Unemployment Insurance to Pay People to Stay Home

The government should pay people to stay home. And whenever possible, the government should do this in a way that allows people to keep their jobs.

Dean Baker / THE HILL / March 27, 2020

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CoronavirusGovernmentHealth and Social ProgramsUS The U.S. Response to COVID-19: What’s in Federal Legislation and What’s Not, but Still Needed

This table is based on the two COVID-19 bills enacted by Congress to date and our best understanding of the compromise bill passed by the Senate.

Eileen Appelbaum Shawn Fremstad / March 26, 2020

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Health and Social ProgramsUSWall Street Coronavirus and the Implications of Private Equity Buyouts in Healthcare

As we face a coronavirus-induced health and economic crisis of uncertain duration, policy makers should be particularly concerned about private equity’s heightened use of debt to buy out healthcare providers and take them private, with no oversight.

Eileen Appelbaum / INSTITUTE FOR NEW ECONOMIC THINKING / March 25, 2020

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CoronavirusGovernmentHealth and Social ProgramsUS The McConnell Slush Fund — Size Matters

Dean Baker / March 25, 2020