Health provisions in the year-end pandemic response bill
James C. Capretta | Dec 23, 2020 | Federal
Health care policy in the Biden era
James C. Capretta | Dec 1, 2020 | Federal
One Health-Policy Change That Should Outlast Trump
James C. Capretta | Oct 30, 2020 | Federal
CBO presents options for covering the uninsured
James C. Capretta | Oct 5, 2020 | Federal
Tallying federal pandemic support for the health sector
James C. Capretta | Aug 31, 2020 | Federal
In the months since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the federal government has directed more than $400 billion to the health sector to shore up its finances and enhance its capacity to care for COVID and non-COVID patients, according to an online financial tracking service assembled by the Committee for a
The Health Provisions in HEALS and Heroes
James C. Capretta | Aug 4, 2020 | Federal
After working through their internal disagreements, Senate Republicans recently released a proposal for the next round of COVID-19 relief legislation, called the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act, or HEALS. House and Senate leaders, along with representatives from the Trump administration, must reconcile it with the Heroes Act,
Contact tracing remains inadequate in most states
James C. Capretta | Jun 30, 2020 | Federal
At this point in the unfolding coronavirus crisis, political leaders have been on notice for months that effective contact tracing will be critical to minimizing harm to human health and the national economy. With a vaccine or an effective therapeutic still months away, federal and state authorities must rely on
Post-pandemic federal debt may threaten health programs
James C. Capretta | Jun 1, 2020 | Federal
When times are tough, as they surely are now, enthusiasm for good news sometimes gets tempered by concerns of what might follow. And so it is with the federal government’s legislative response to the COVID-19 pandemic. House and Senate leaders set aside their political differences and passed a series of
Congress steps up on testing and tracing
James C. Capretta | Apr 29, 2020 | Federal
Even though the Trump administration is eager to ease up on the coronavirus lockdown, it isn’t providing the leadership that would allow a safe reopening to occur. Fortunately, Congress has begun to fill the void. The latest round of COVID-19 emergency legislation includes $25 billion for expanded testing and contact
The health-related provisions in the $2.2 trillion emergency legislation
James C. Capretta | Mar 27, 2020 | Federal
As the number of Americans infected with the novel coronavirus increased rapidly in recent weeks, Congress responded with three pieces of emergency legislation, including the $2.2 trillion bill assembled by both parties in the Senate that is set to be signed into law soon. This latest bill includes scores of
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