Washington, DC – Three studies released by the Employment Policies Institute reveal mandates requiring businesses to provide healthcare coverage are ineffective and ultimately result in job loss for the nation’s low-skilled employees. Research from economists at the University of Santa Cruz found that healthcare mandates fail to effectively increase coverage for the vast majority of the uninsured because those who experience loss of coverage over time […]

Washington, DC – Three studies released by the Employment Policies Institute reveal mandates requiring businesses to provide healthcare coverage are ineffective and ultimately result in job loss for the nation’s low-skilled employees. Research from economists at the University of Santa Cruz found that healthcare mandates fail to effectively increase coverage for the vast majority of the uninsured because those who experience loss of coverage over time […]

Washington, DC – President Bush’s strategy to address the nation’s ailing healthcare system is expected to draw heavily from the counsel of economists R. Glenn Hubbard, John F. Cogan, and Daniel Kessler, who recently encapsulated their recommendations in the peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs. This influential work was sponsored by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) and is available through the EPI website at www.old.epionline.org/MakingMarketsWork. EPI research has […]

Washington, DC – President Bush’s strategy to address the nation’s ailing healthcare system is expected to draw heavily from the counsel of economists R. Glenn Hubbard, John F. Cogan, and Daniel Kessler, who recently encapsulated their recommendations in the peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs. This influential work was sponsored by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) and is available through the EPI website at www.old.epionline.org/MakingMarketsWork. EPI research has […]

Washington, DC – A study released today by the Employment Policies Institute reveals that as the cost of insurance premiums rise, pressure on businesses to keep labor costs in check results in job loss and involuntary part-time employment concentrated among low-skilled employees. Since 2000 the cost of employer-provided insurance has increased by nearly 60 percent. This dramatic cost increase accompanies an increase in the number […]

Washington, DC – A study released today by the Employment Policies Institute reveals that as the cost of insurance premiums rise, pressure on businesses to keep labor costs in check results in job loss and involuntary part-time employment concentrated among low-skilled employees. Since 2000 the cost of employer-provided insurance has increased by nearly 60 percent. This dramatic cost increase accompanies an increase in the number […]