Aug 27, 2020
A decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the COVID-19 pandemic is testing the US health insurance system amid a public health and economic crisis. Christen Linke Young and Matthew Fielder, fellows with the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, join to discuss stresses, gaps, and successes...
Aug 18, 2020
The public health and economic shocks of COVID-19 have disrupted and threatened the lives and livelihoods of a broad swath of people, but few groups have been as sharply impacted as older Americans. Ben Harris, Executive Director of the Kellogg School of Management's Public-Private Interface, joins to discuss...
Aug 11, 2020
COVID-19 has caused hardship and suffering throughout the US but some states and regions were likely better positioned to deal with the public health and economic crisis before it arrived. Dr. Joshua McCabe, Assistant Dean for Social Sciences at Endicott College and Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center, joins to discuss...
Aug 7, 2020
With COVID-19 continuing to pose a severe public health threat, the US is headed “back-to-school” under clouded circumstances likely to worry students, parents, and educators alike. As policymakers at all levels attempt to weigh evidence, assess risks, and plot the best path forward, Dr. Nora Gordon,...
Aug 3, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted schools, workplaces, and other daily arrangements that helped families balance employment with care responsibilities, casting a spotlight on the struggles of millions of Americans trying to make it all work. Vicki Shabo, from New America, and Chantel Boyens, from the Urban Institute,...