CEPR analyzes economic policies that affect the U.S. health care system and global health.

In Focus

Health Care Budget Deficit Calculator

How Global Trade Can Rein in Health Costs
Dean Baker and Jagdish Bhagwati
CNN Money, September 16, 2011

Representative Ryan’s $30 Trillion Medicare Waste Tax
April 2011, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

The Ryan Medicare Plan: Winners and Losers
April 2011, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Reports

Affording Health Care and Education on the Minimum Wage
March 2012, John Schmitt and Marie-Eve Augier

Health-insurance Coverage for Low-wage Workers, 1979-2010 and Beyond
February 2012, John Schmitt

Representative Ryan’s $30 Trillion Medicare Waste Tax
April 2011, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

The Scorecard on Development, 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
April 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

The Ryan Medicare Plan: Winners and Losers
April 2011, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Op-Eds & Columns

Obama and Romney are Politicians, not Visionaries
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 9, 2012

The Supreme Scream: Obamacare After the Court Ruling
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 2, 2012

Home Health Aides Deserve a Living Wage
Dean Baker and Steven L. Dawson
The Washington Post, March 29, 2012

White House Burning: Putting Out the Wrong Fire
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, March 26, 2012

What’s This “We” Jazz, White Man? Paul Ryan Edition
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 20, 2012

Events

The Future of Entitlement Programs

In Defense of the Social Safety Net

Crossing the American Crises: From Collapse to Action

Crisis in the States and Cities: What Should Be Done?

Why Do We Care About Rising Health Care Costs?

Redesigning Incentives for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Health Care Reform and International Trade: Lost Opportunity?

Protecting America from Infectious Disease

Boomer Bust? Securing Retirement in a Volatile Economy

Economists Discuss Fiscal Responsibility Summit

Press Releases

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

Testimony

No Need to Talk About Taking an Ax to Safety Net for the Poor
December 16, 2010, Dean Baker's Comments at Brookings Institution Forum

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