In 2024, a record 21.4 million people received their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Enrollment gains among Black, Latino, and people with low incomes drove the increased enrollment. Sustaining the policy choices that led to record enrollment and adding in long…
Evidence shows that corporations are price gouging to increase their profit margins even as they have used supply chain issues and input costs to justify raising prices.
To celebrate Disability Pride Month, we should uplift the stories and resilience of the disability community, and we also must advocate for policy solutions to promote equity and economic justice for people with disabilities.
As part of the Medicaid “unwinding” from COVID-era protections that kept people enrolled, states are required to submit data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services every month.
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By Alice Aluoch and Juliana Zhou Immigrants are essential members of our communities, yet they are often excluded from social safety net programs that their tax dollars subsidize for U.S. citizens. This exclusion was not always the case, but it changed in 1996 when federal…
By Xavier Aparicio In recent years, labor organizing has surged as workers nationwide organize across many industries and employers. In just one year (2021 to 2022), National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union election certification petitions and unfair labor practice charges filings rose by 48 percent…
By Isha Weerasinghe The stories of immigrants take on many forms, often carrying resilience and hope. My story, and my parents’ second immigration journey, began in the early 80s with a move from the United Kingdom to the United States. My parents moved to the…
Crowds of women and men holding protest signs march through the streets during the Women's March on Washington, D.C.. Prominent sign says, "Our Bodies, Our Minds, Our Power." Protest. March. Community. Togetherness.
Inequitable access to abortion has been the reality for many communities of color and low-income communities. The ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has exacerbated existing systemic barriers to health care.
