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Earned paid time off should be a basic right
Nine out of 10 Americans support the idea that all workers should have the right to take paid time off from their jobs. So why is getting paid time off so hard for American workers?
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A primer on SNAP work requirements
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Event recap—Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
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A proposal for a US federal property reinsurer
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Event recap—We’ve got you covered: Meeting basic health care needs
On Thursday October 26, 2023, The Hamilton Project at Brookings hosted an event to discuss health care policy reform in the United States featuring a discussio…
Improving health care access for low-income Medicare beneficiaries
Jason Brown and Gopi Shah Goda describe issues that low-income Medicare beneficiaries face in accessing and coordinating care, and they present a framework for…
Designing US health insurance from scratch: A proposal for universal basic coverage
Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein propose universal health care coverage for a basic set of medical services and the option to buy supplemental coverage in a wel…
Increasing financial access to contraception for low-income Americans
Changes to Title X could increase the affordability of contraception for low-income Americans. A randomized control trial suggests that doing so would increase…
Federal policies to address persistent generic drug shortages
Generic sterile injectable (GSI) drugs are the staple of hospital care but are particularly prone to shortages driven by market dynamics. Marta Wosińska and Ri…
Nurse licensure compacts before, during, and after COVID
A summary of changes to licensing requirements for nurses focuses on pandemic-era measures and the Nurse Licensure Compact.
Reducing administrative costs in US health care
U.S. health-care spending on administrative costs far exceeds the amount necessary to deliver effective health care. David Cutler proposes several reforms to r…
What to do about health care markets? Policies to make health care markets work
Martin Gaynor of Carnegie Mellon University describes the substantial consolidation that has occurred in health-care markets, showing that it is has generally …
