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

In Focus

Are Mandates Mandatory?
An International Comparison of Small Business Employment
Promises to the Drug Industry: Like Renegotiating NAFTA?
The Doctor is in . . . Bangkok

Reports

Free Trade in Health Care: The Gains from Globalized Medicare and Medicaid
October 2009, Dean Baker and Hye Jin Rho

Employer Responsibility in Health Care Reform: Potential Effects on Low- and Moderate-Income Workers
September 2009, Shawn Fremstad

An International Comparison of Small Business Employment
August 2009, John Schmitt and Nathan Lane

Paid Sick Days Don't Cause Unemployment
June 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, Alison Earle, and Jody Heymann

Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries
May 2009, Jody Heymann, Hye Jin Rho, John Schmitt, and Alison Earle

Op-Eds & Columns

Hostage Takers in the Senate
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 16, 2009

People Power Matters: The Public Option Lives!
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 26, 2009

Trade in Health Care: When “Free Traders” Become Protectionists
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 12, 2009

Can the Townhallers Be Left, Rather Than Left Behind?
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 21, 2009

The Rally Against Obamacare for the Banks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 21, 2009

Press Releases

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

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