Press Releases

States Could Save $73 Billion by Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices

March 19, 2013

Armed With Powerful New Data, Progressive Groups Launch Grassroots Campaign to Enable Medicare Drug-Price Negotiations

February 14, 2013

New Calculator Shows Long-Run Deficit is Entirely Due to Health Care Costs
April 5, 2012

Statement on Latest CBO Projections
June 22, 2011

Ryan Proposal Will Lead to Large Rise in Health Care Costs for Seniors
April 6, 2011

Statement from Dean Baker on President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
November 30, 2010

Seven Key Facts About Social Security and the Federal Budget
September 1, 2010

Over 20 Million Working Americans Lack Health-Insurance Coverage
March 22, 2010

Deficit Scaremongering Undermining Economic Recovery
February 16, 2010

Will the Senate Health Care Bill Give Some Employers a Free Ride?
December 17, 2009

Private Health Care Costs Driving Force Behind Debt Burden
December 10, 2009

New Report: Stemming the Rising Costs of Health Care Through Globalization

October 6, 2009

Play-or-Pay Provisions in Health Care Bills Must be Balanced with Making Coverage Affordable for All Americans
September 18, 2009

Future Budget Deficits Almost Entirely Due to Rising Private Sector Health Care Costs
August 12, 2009

U.S. Small Business Sector One of the Smallest Amongst Comparable Countries
August 3, 2009

Better Paid Sick Day Policies Don’t Mean Job Loss
June 11, 2009

U.S. Lags World in Paid Sick Days for Workers and Families
May 18, 2009

Ambitious Health Care Reform Can Lead to Lower Budget Deficits
March 5, 2009

Progressive Leaders at White House Summit Today Underscore Need for Health Care Reform
February 23, 2009

Few Seniors Benefit From Medicare Modernization Act
December 4, 2008

CEPR Deficit Calculator Deflates IOUSA Scare Story
November 10, 2008

Are You Better Off in 2008 Than You Were in 2000?
September 25, 2008

Job Growth Sags and Unemployment Jumps in December
January 4, 2008 (Jobs Byte)

Medicare Drug Plan Premiums Rise By Almost 25% in 2007
November 28, 2007

Tens of Millions of Families with Low-Wage Workers Fall Into Gap Left by Employers and Government
October 10, 2007

Millions of Low-Income Families Who Need Medicaid and SCHIP Are Ineligible for Benefits
September 25, 2007

Social Security Trustees Assumptions Still More Pessimistic than CBO
April 23, 2007 (Social Security Byte)

New Book Explains Right Turn in US Politics Since 1980
April 3, 2007

Jump in Medical Costs Pushes Core Inflation Higher
February 21, 2007 (Prices Byte)

Congress Saves Key Census Survey from Chopping Block
January 30, 2007

Drug Companies Making Billions in Excess Profits Under Medicare Plan
August 15, 2006

How Much Time and Money Does the Medicare Drug Plan Waste?
July 25, 2006

Medicare Could Lower Drug Costs if It Negotiated Prices Directly With Drug Companies
January 18, 2006

Focus on Social Security Misses 9 Disturbing Trends
June 1, 2005

Unemployment Insurance Recipients More Likely to Have Health Benefits in Next Job
April 14, 2005

Health Care Costs Pose a Larger Economic Burden than Prospective Social Security Tax Hikes
March 24, 2005

Medicaid Subsidies Crucial to Working Mothers
March 16, 2005

Free Market Drug Act Promises Large Savings to State Governments
November 16, 2004

CEPR Releases Report on Prescription Drug Research
September 22, 2004

Health Insurance Coverage of Dependent Children Declines, Latino Access Down Sharply
April 2004

Study Finds Solution to Deficit Woes Through Buying Into Foreign Health Programs
March 2004