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Median income went up, the poverty rate inched down, and the number of people without health insurance decreased in 2007. But a closer look reveals little improvement for low-income families. Our experts talk about what the latest Census Bureau numbers mean and how we can shore up the social safety net. New Income and Poverty Statistics and the Social Safety Net The fundamental question for public policy —Will the policy work?—too often gets short shrift or even ignored. In this newly updated paper, Urban Institute experts look "Beyond Ideology, Politics, and Guesswork" to argue that hard evidence and analysis can illuminate the path to more effective public policy. Read more The Health Policy Center's new resource, healthpolicycenter.org, provides extensive research and analysis of key health issues including: private insurance, the uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare and SCHIP, disability and long-term care, vulnerable populations and health care reform, in addition to many others.
As baby boomers retire and health care costs keep rising, spending for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will grow faster than federal revenues, pushing the deficit to an unmanageable size. Senior Fellow Rudolph Penner, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, sizes up the problems ahead and argues for fiscal reform. Read the interview recent interviews: || G. Thomas Kingsley || Richard Johnson || Amy Solomon || more ||
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In his acceptance speech John McCain promised to help unemployed workers find and train for new jobs. Listen to Harry Holzer, UI expert on worker training and low-wage labor, talk about what it takes to develop America’s workforce. Sound Policy: Investment in Job Training (mp3) More experts on the campaign issues
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War and Taxes
by Steven A. Bank, Kirk J. Stark, Joseph J. Thorndike
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