A chart outlining TrumpCare’s economic impact in each state. Includes 2018 increase in premiums, number of people losing private-coverage, increased cost of uncompensated care to hospitals, and decreased funding for opioid treatment.
Mar 17 2017
House Republican Health Care Plan Charts Packet
In response to the House Republican’s Health Care Plan, information describing its disastrous economic effects. Includes graphs on Medicaid cuts, premium hikes for the elderly and poor, and the increase in Americans without health insurance.
Mar 16 2017
Health Savings Accounts Are Not the Answer
The Republican plan would cause 24 million Americans to lose their health insurance, cut Medicaid by nearly $900 billion and take away key financial support from working Americans to give tax cuts to wealthy corporate executives.
In 2015, Congress agreed to allow the Treasury to raise the money necessary to pay all the bills for our government’s spending obligations. That agreement will expire on March 16th, 2017 and barring Congressional action, the United States will immediately breach the debt ceiling, forcing Treasury to resort to “extraordinary measures” to prevent a default.
Mar 15 2017
March Economic Snapshot of the States
These state economic snapshots survey the economic situation on the ground in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Although the U.S. economy overall continues its expansion from the Great Recession and associated financial crisis, the recovery can look very different from state to state, and even county to county. While some areas of the country have surged ahead, some regions are still struggling to regain their economic footing.
Mar 13 2017
Women's History Month Charts Packet
In celebration of Women’s History Month, a collection of charts and data highlighting the economic importance of women in the labor force.
Mar 13 2017
Still Waiting for Trump’s Plan
President Trump has promised an infrastructure overhaul in the United States, assuring Americans in his recent address to Congress that “crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our beautiful land.” Yet, now more than 50 days into his Administration, there is still no plan.
The Republican healthcare plan will increase costs for the average enrollee by $2,409 in 2020, according to new analysis. Costs will increase by $6,971 in 2020 for older individuals and by $4,061 for poorer individuals.
Mar 08 2017
House Republican Health Care Plan Scorecard
We scored the GOP health care plan with opinions from economists. The economists determined the effects of the plan to be disastrous for millions of people relying on care.
Following the rollout of the disastrous Republican plan to gut the Affordable Care Act and take health insurance away from millions of Americans, the Joint Economic Committee Democrats today released a “GOP Health Care Plan Scorecard” with evaluations by a group of distinguished economists assessing the magnitude of the harm caused by the bill. Economists examined how the GOP plan would affect access to coverage, the affordability of care and the quality of coverage.
