Senate Republicans continue to tout a health care bill that will only prove to be disastrous for millions of Americans around the country. By cutting funds to Medicaid, TrumpCare threatens rural hospitals, risks damage to rural economies, and endangers the livelihoods of the families that live in these communities. If Congress wants to get serious on supporting rural America, here are ten ways they can:
Jun 20 2017
TrumpCare Threatens Rural Hospitals
Rural hospitals play a critical role in ensuring that Americans and their families have access to needed health care services. Given that rural communities tend to be older, rural hospitals are particularly important for older Americans in these communities. Rural hospitals are also often a critical driver of economic activity in the areas in which they are located, serving as an important employer and providing good-paying jobs that inject money into local communities.
Under TrumpCare, 27 million Americans could end up having their annual health benefits cut off and 20 million could see lifetime limits on their coverage.
Ahead of Father’s Day, Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a fact sheet today underscoring the need for affordable, high-quality child care and parental leave. The fact sheet examines the crucial family-friendly policies needed to lift up all American families, including mothers, children and fathers alike.
Jun 16 2017
Overcoming Barriers to Clean Energy Innovation
Congress must address these barriers and support the innovators and entrepreneurs that will create good jobs and investment today and power the economy of the future.
Jun 15 2017
TrumpCare, Medicaid, and the Opioid Crisis
Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a fact sheet today on the important role Medicaid plays in fighting the opioid crisis and how TrumpCare would reverse the progress we have made so far. The fact sheet follows last week’s Joint Economic Committee hearing on the economic impacts of the opioid crisis.
Two years ago, although pregnant women won a victory in the Supreme Court in Young v. UPS, the complicated process set up in the decision still left many working women uncertain about their rights in the workplace. Just last month, former Wal-Mart employees filed a class action lawsuit for refusing them reasonable accommodations, which a 2013 study estimated occurs to 250,000 women each year. Many more are likely discouraged from even asking.
Maybe, just maybe, the action taken by the Kansas legislature last week to end the massive tax cuts pushed by Governor Brownback and enacted five years ago will wake up Congressional Republicans to the folly of massive tax cuts for the wealthy as a means of economic growth.
State-by-state graphics showing how many jobs each state would lose under TrumpCare with comparisons to state industries. Graphic data is from Economic Policy Institute’s new report “How many jobs could the AHCA cost your state?”
In 2015 alone, opioid overdoses killed more than 33,000 Americans. To see how the opioid epidemic has affected your state, see JEC fact sheets.