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Economists and politicians debate whether or not we’re technically in a recession, but most Americans feel we’ve been in a recession for years.

The Campaign for America’s Future has designed "The Stress Test" to show how the economy affects working families. By assessing the condition of the job market, housing, health care, and household costs on a state-by-state basis over time, "The Stress Test" illustrates the troubles families face. Use this report to talk about the real impact of conservative policies and need for a new, progressive economic strategy.

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This report analyzes the health care proposals of eight Democratic and Republican 2008 presidential candidates—Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Rudolph Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Dennis Kucinich, John McCain, Barack Obama, and Mitt Romney. Their approaches to health insurance reform fall into three categories: 1) proposals that emphasize tax incentives for obtaining insurance through the individual market (Giuliani, Huckabee, McCain, Romney); 2) proposals that build on existing private and public group insurance with shared responsibility for financing coverage (Clinton, Edwards, Obama); and 3) proposals that aim to cover everyone through publicly sponsored insurance systems like Medicare (Kucinich). The report examines differences among the proposals, and evaluates them against key principles like affordability, provision of essential services, financial protection, streamlined administration, and fair financing. more »

Examines components of the 2006 Massachusetts health care reform law as a prototype that other states can adapt when seeking to expand health coverage, depending on the specific characteristics in those states. more »

Shows the rate of uninsured Americans increasing over time, as well as the racial and economic disparities in terms of health insurance. more »

Outlines practical strategies that states and Medicaid programs are implementing to reduce disparities in health care. more »

The Republicans' prescription drug program sell-out to insurance and drug companies made a law prohibitting Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices. If Congress repeals this law and allows the government to use its bulk purchasing power, American taxpayers and seniors could save more then $30 billion annually. more »

Millions of seniors on Medicare are falling into the prescription drug coverage gap known as the donut hole, in which they get no coverage at all even while still paying monthly premiums. more »

The Republicans' prescription drug program sell-out to insurance and drug companies will cost tax-payers and beneficiaries $80 billion annually more than a direct Medicare more »

The Republicans' prescription drug program sell-out to insurance and drug companies will cost tax-payers and beneficiaries $80 billion annually more than a direct Medicare benefit with negotiated prices. Learn what the cost of this corruption is to taxpayers, seniors and disabled across the nation and in your area.

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