The Center for American Progress is releasing a new set of proposals aimed at curbing hospital and insurance costs, and making it harder for insurers to deny care.

The plan is meant as framework for future legislation that candidates can campaign on and lawmakers can refine.

A Patients’ Bill of Rights To Lower Health Care Costs CAP’s plan would deliver immediate relief on premiums, deductibles, and insurance denials.

Health care costs are the top economic stress for millions of Americans.

A new @americanprogress.bsky.social plan outlines how to:
✔️ Lower premiums
✔️ Cut deductibles
✔️ Stop price gouging
✔️ End prior authorization

Learn more: www.americanprogress.org/article/a-pa...

Director, Economic Analysis American Progress has an immediate opening for a Director of Economic Analysis. The Director will lead American Progress’ work on economic analysis, which supports a wide range of analytical and polic...

CAP is hiring a Director of Economic Analysis. We're seeking someone with experience and expertise in quantitative analysis who's interested in collaboration, policy analysis, and a role that involves management and mentorship. Apply to join us here: www.americanprogress.org/job/director...

Trump reinforced his support of the SAVE America Act during SOTU. One part he conveniently forgets? It requires states to hand over voter rolls to DHS & creates a federalized surveillance system of voters under Kristi Noem. The last thing Americans want is her in charge of their voter reg status.

Is replacing all income taxes with tariffs mathematically possible? No.

And even if you could, it would be terrible for everyone but the rich. Check out our interactive at @americanprogressaction.org: www.americanprogressaction.org/article/comp...

here's a graph. it's just not possible to replace income taxes with tariffs. if you tried, the government would be out like $2 trillion per year lol

The SAVE Act: Overview and Facts The SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote.

Calling the SAVE Act voter ID is a trick. This bill would force Americans to show a passport or birth certificate in person to an election official.

❌ 146 million Americans don’t have a passport
❌ As many as 69 million women don’t have a birth certificate that matches their married name

BREAKING: The SAVE Act is once again up for a vote tomorrow—it's not a voter ID bill, it's a show-your-papers mandate.

Opinion: I support voter ID but oppose the SAVE America Act Protecting election integrity should not come at the cost of access, especially in rural and tribal communities.

Must read from AK Sen. Lisa Murkowski on why she’s opposing the SAVE Act. One chief reason being how terrible the bill would be for rural communities and that fact that some Alaskans would have to fly to show their passport or birth certificate to an election official 👇 www.adn.com/opinions/202...

trump is calling for banning congressional stock trading, but he leaves out the key detail: the reason there's a standstill right now is democrats want it to apply to trump and the white house, but trump issued a veto threat over that.

Health Insurance Premium Costs Will More Than Double for Millions of Americans Unless Congress Acts If enhanced tax credits expire, net premiums for those receiving financial assistance to purchase health insurance would rise 136 percent on average in 2026.

If Trump really cared about the "crushing cost of health care," he wouldn't have let premium costs double this year for 20 million Americans who buy coverage on their own. www.americanprogress.org/article/heal...

Speaking of tax increases, tariffs are a MASSIVE tax increase. #CBPPSOTU

Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Tariffs The Trump tariffs are the largest US tax increase as a percent of GDP since 1993 and amount to an average tax increase per US household of $1,500 in 2026.

According to @TaxFoundation, Trump's tariffs "amounted to an average tax increase per US household of $1,000" in 2025. taxfoundation.org/research/all...

New Trump Administration Policies Will Decrease Average Incomes for All Americans Except the Top 1 Percent New policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, paired with the Trump administration’s tariffs, will leave the bottom 99 percent of Americans with less after-tax-and-transfer income by 2027, while the...

Trump's tax cuts were great... if you're one of the lucky ones in the top 1%. His law full of tax giveaways for the rich also slashed SNAP and health care programs to harm the working class. www.americanprogress.org/article/new-...

At his first SOTU address, Donald Trump's approval rating has hit a new second-term low of 37% in our polling, and he no longer has a positive approval rating on any major issue. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ahead-of-s...

Trump spinning the jobs numbers in SOTU. In fact, 2025 was the *worst* year for job creation outside of recent recessions in the past 20 years.

Who Is Paying for the 2025 U.S. Tariffs? - Liberty Street Economics Over the course of 2025, the average tariff rate on U.S. imports increased from 2.6 to 13 percent. In this blog post, we ask how much of the tariffs were paid by the U.S., using import data through No...

In case you want to read the Fed study for yourself: libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/02/who-...

Chief Economist The Chief Economist will provide thought leadership on economic issues and conduct rigorous economic analysis for American Progress as part of the Economic Policy department. The Chief Economist will ...

Hello fellow economists! CAP is hiring for a Chief Economist. We're looking for an economist with policy experience who is interested in advancing our mission through rigorous, data-driven analysis and policy development. Details and application portal here: www.americanprogress.org/job/chief-ec...

Job growth change is muddy

+ 78K/mo over most-recent 12 months
+ 17K/mo over most-recent 6 months
+ 22K/mo over most-recent 3 months
+ 64K this past month

I know it’s hard, but remember that it wasn’t just Cassidy that voted for this. It was every GOP senator but McConnell. And a lot of needless suffering will result.

6 Ways States Can Protect Vaccine Access While the Trump Administration Dismantles the Federal System As the federal government dismantles the country’s vaccine infrastructure, the burden of ensuring access to vaccines for flu, measles, and more is shifting to states.

As the federal government dismantles the national vaccine infrastructure, the burden to protect and preserve access to lifesaving vaccines increasingly falls on states. Read 6 ways states can, and already are, taking action to fill the void. www.americanprogress.org/article/6-wa...

Trump’s Global Tariffs Curtailed Trade, Data Shows

Imports are way down, exports remain flat, and domestic manufacturing continues to contract. So who's winning? Other than Trump, of course, who got a gold bar and a rolex from the Swiss just recently to help seal their trade deal... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

Better Late Than Never: Restoring Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Would Lower Health Care Costs for Millions While Congress has stalled on re-upping enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans, a clean extension would still offer Americans relief on premium costs for 2026.

The ACA's ARPA subsidies: Good enough for me and @emily-gee.bsky.social

www.americanprogress.org/article/bett...

Timely (grim) new NBER working paper: Households screened out of SNAP "suffer tangible downstream economic consequences. Specifically, we find that process-related denials increase debt and delinquencies, and decrease credit scores."

www.nber.org/papers/w34434

Better Late than Never: Restoring Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Would Lower Health Care Costs for Millions While Congress has stalled on re-upping enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans, a clean extension would still offer Americans relief on premium costs for 2026.

It's still very uncertain whether Congress will extend enhanced financial help before marketplace open enrollment begins. But Nov. 1 passing by is no excuse for Congress to abandon ePTC. Here's how marketplaces could still implement it in weeks ahead: www.americanprogress.org/article/bett...

New: As open enrollment is about to begin, we estimate ACA insurers are raising premiums by an average of 26%. But if enhanced tax credits expire, 22 million enrollees will see their payments increase by way more than that, more than doubling.
www.kff.org/quick-take/a...

Trump Has a Plan to Replace the Affordable Care Act, Dr. Oz Says 'I'll believe it when I see it,' says one expert

"It's, again, just 'concepts of a plan.'" -- @emily-gee.bsky.social, of @americanprogress.bsky.social Action Fund, after CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, said he believes President Trump has a plan to replace the #AffordableCareAct.
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Oz says Trump has a plan to replace Obamacare — but offers no specifics Enhanced subsidies that have kept Affordable Care Act premiums lower for millions of Americans are at the heart of Washington’s budget standoff.

Just in time! nbcnews.to/3LpwpjK

came here just for this