Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2017. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 138,000 in May, 2017 and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care and mining. Household Survey Data The unemployment rate, at 4.3 percent, and[Read More…]
Analysis
Center for American Progress Column Shows State Losses Under Medicaid Per Capita Cap Scenarios
The Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, August 2015. AP/Andrew Harnik Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. As the Senate considers vast cuts to the Medicaid program under the House passed American Health Care Act (AHCA), a new column from the Center for American Progress assesses how states would have been affected by caps[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Estimates Trumpcare Coverage Losses by State and Congressional District
A flag flies in front of the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2017. AP/Susan Walsh Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2017. Showing the devastating impact of Trumpcare nationwide, a new report from the Center for American Progress estimates how many Americans would lose coverage by state and congressional[Read More…]
The C.B.O.’s Keeping Score—We’re Losers Now It’s Time To Win Back Our Health Care Rights
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2017. Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill: Donald Trump loves calling people “losers” so much that he’s backing a health care plan that would put tens of millions of Americans on the losing side of the ledger. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the House health[Read More…]
US Death Rates from Alzheimer’s Disease Increased 55 Percent from 1999 to 2014
More caregiver support needed as disease burden grows Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2017. Death rates from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) increased 55 percent between 1999 and 2014, according to data released today in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The number of Alzheimer’s deaths at home also increased during the same period,[Read More…]
People’s Action: Trump’s Cruel and Backward Budget Sacrifices People and Planet to Benefit the Rich
People’s Action chart compares Trump budget to real solutions that bring food security, housing, and health care to everyone and protect our earth WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—May 23, 2017. With the release of the 2018 federal budget proposal, the Trump administration has made public and has made plain, its priorities for our[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: White House Budget Proposes More Funding for Law Enforcement Than Treatment
Advocates: White House Budget Further Confirmation that Trump Administration Escalating the War on Drugs Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 23, 2017. President Trump’s FY 2018 budget, released today, proposes to boost funding for the Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement while proposing dramatic cuts to Medicaid that has extended access to opioid[Read More…]
Manufacturing Falls in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania in April
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 By: Alan Barber and Dean Baker Overall job growth in blue collar jobs was modest in April, growing by 21,000 from its March level. Manufacturing added 6,000 jobs, construction 5,000 jobs, and mining 8,800, the vast majority of which were in support activities. Several states saw[Read More…]
New Report Lays Out Considerations for Designing Higher Education Risk-Sharing Systems
Students walk to class at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, September 13, 2016. AP/Steve Helber Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2017. Policymakers are increasingly interested in the idea of having institutions of higher education shoulder some of the risk when students struggle with federal student loans. Properly designing such[Read More…]
National Low Income Housing Coalition on President Trump’s 2018 Budget
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—May 22, 2017. Statement from Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition: President Trump’s 2018 budget – leaked earlier today – reflects a cruel indifference to the millions of low income seniors, people with disabilities, families with children, veterans, and other vulnerable people who[Read More…]
