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Brief Health and Health Policy

A Targeted Affordability Improvement Proposal: The Potential Effects of Two Nongroup Insurance Reforms Designed to Increase Affordability and Reduce Costs

June 14, 2019
Linda J. Blumberg, Michael Simpson, Matthew Buettgens
Journal Article Aging

The Financial Burden of Paid Home Care on Older Adults

June 4, 2019
Richard W. Johnson, Claire Xiaozhi Wang
Journal Article Families

Opioid and Substance Use Disorder and Receipt of Treatment Among Parents Living With Children in the United States, 2015-2017

May 14, 2019
Lisa Clemans-Cope, Victoria Lynch, Marni Epstein, Genevieve M. Kenney
Brief Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net

Despite Labor Market Gains in 2018, There Were Only Modest Improvements in Families’ Ability to Meet Basic Needs

May 13, 2019
Michael Karpman, Stephen Zuckerman, Dulce Gonzalez
Brief Aging

How Will the Federal Budget Change Over the Decade if Congress Does Nothing?

May 13, 2019
C. Eugene Steuerle, Caleb Quakenbush
Brief Families

Birth Control is Transformative: Women Share their Experiences with Contraceptive Access

March 11, 2019
Rebecca Peters, Sarah Benatar, Brigette Courtot, Sophia Yin
Journal Article Families

Emergency Contraception Use: The Influence of Awareness, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic Women in the United States

February 20, 2019
Caroline Heller, Krista Perreira, Adele Shartzer, Emily M. Johnston, Brigette Courtot
Brief Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net

What Explains the Widespread Material Hardship among Low-Income Families with Children?

December 20, 2018
Michael Karpman, Dulce Gonzalez, Stephen Zuckerman, Gina Adams
Brief Families

Rise in Children’s Uninsurance in 2017 Compounded by Rise in Parents’ Uninsurance in Medicaid Nonexpansion States

December 20, 2018
Jennifer M. Haley, Emily M. Johnston, Robin Wang
Research Report Health and Health Policy

Expanding Medicaid Access to Halfway House Residents

December 14, 2018
Kamala Mallik-Kane, Ellen Paddock, Rochisha Shukla