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Employer-Sponsored Coverage Rates for People Ages 0-64 by Family Work Status
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Distribution of People Ages 0-64 with Medicaid by Family Work Status
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Potential Impacts of Trump Administration H-1B Visa Policies on the Health Care and Social Assistance Industries
Issue BriefThis issue brief provides an overview of the H-1B visa program, analyzes trends in H-1B visa approvals for the health care and social assistance industries using data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and discusses potential implications of recent policies impacting the H-1B program on the U.S. health care workforce.
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Medicaid Work Requirements are Back on the Agenda
Policy WatchThis Waiver Watch summarizes the recent history of work requirements, the current status of Georgia’s waiver, and key state and federal issues to watch.
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How the American Rescue Plan Will Improve Affordability of Private Health Coverage
Issue BriefThis brief explains the various provisions in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) that increase and expand the affordability of coverage for people enrolled in Marketplace health plans or COBRA.
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JAMA Forum: COVID-19 and Massive Job Losses Will Test the US Health Insurance Safety Net
PerspectiveIn this May 2020 post for The JAMA Health Forum, Larry Levitt explores how the massive and rapid job losses of the past few months will test the ACA’s coverage safety net – and how different policies could strengthen or weaken it.
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COVID-19 and Massive Job Losses Will Test the US Health Insurance Safety Net
Policy WatchIn this May 2020 post for The JAMA Health Forum, Larry Levitt explores how the massive and rapid job losses of the past few months will test the ACA’s coverage safety net – and how different policies could strengthen or weaken it.
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Almost One in Four Adult Workers is Vulnerable to Severe Illness from COVID-19
Issue BriefThis analysis finds nearly one in four workers are considered at high risk of serious illness if they get infected by the novel coronavirus, highlighting the challenges that businesses, public offices and other employers face as they reopen.
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Economic and Fiscal Trends in Expansion and Non-Expansion States: What We Know Leading Up to 2014
Issue BriefThis brief was prepared with the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York. It is designed to provide some insight into the underlying economic and fiscal conditions in expansion and non-expansion states leading up to 2014 by looking at the typical (i.e. median) state for each group. This analysis will provide a framework against which to measure the impact of expansion decisions going forward. The sections…