ISSUE BRIEF | The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and extreme abortion bans and restrictions passed by states even prior to then, have had far reaching impacts on health care providers and the communities they care for.
2024 Legislative Agenda
We call on Congressional champions for women's health and economic security to cosponsor and push for passage of the following priority bills in 2024.
Why Women Need the U.S. Department of Labor’s Independent Contractor Rule
FACT SHEET | Misclassification of workers as independent contractors deprives many women of critically important protections for equal pay and accommodations for breastfeeding.
Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Public Benefits
REPORT | This report address critical public benefit programs – such as Social Security, TANF, LIHEAP, the ACP, SNAP, WIC, Medicaid and Medicare – their impacts on disabled women and the improvements that would enhance the economic security of disabled...
Economic and Health Justice for Women and Families in South Carolina
FACT SHEET | South Carolinian women need livable wages, supportive workplace policies such as paid family and medical leave, comprehensive health care access, and access to abortion – and they need a democracy that allows for their voices to be heard
Realizing the Transformational Potential of Maternity Care Payment Reform
REPORT | Health care payment reform – and especially alternative payment models (APMs) that tie payment to performance – are widely believed to be an important lever for achieving crucial quality improvements.
Technical Supplement to Realizing the Transformational Potential of Maternity Care Payment Reform
Methodology and Summaries of Maternity Care Episode Payment and Maternity Care Home Programs
The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act Will Support Women’s Economic Security
FACT SHEET | The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act would support and uplift the more than 4 million women and girls who rely on SSI, including nearly 3.3 million women and girls who are eligible for SSI because they are blind or disabled, as well as 723,000 women...
Financing Sustainable Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs
ISSUE BRIEF | This brief examines key policy design features related to paid leave program finances and reviews the financial state of these programs to offer lessons and best practices for policymakers.
Model State Paid Family and Medical Leave Statute
A resource for drafting a new paid family and medical leave bill at the state level, created in collaboration with A Better Balance.
Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Food Insecurity, Housing and Transportation
REPORT | The first report in this series discussed barriers that disabled women face in obtaining and maintaining employment. Many of these barriers are exacerbated by a lack of safe, stable, accessible and affordable housing and transportation.
Key Terms & Resource Directory for Equity-Centered Payment Reform
This resource explains key terms and concepts for equity-centered payment reform and identifies key publications to support advocates.
Leveraging Value-Based Payment to Advance Health Equity
CASE STUDY | We need to change how (and for what) providers are paid, in order to support and incentivize equitable, high-quality primary care. The new Making Care Primary (MCP) model recently released by the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) is a significant step forward.
Black Women’s Maternal Health: A Multifaceted Approach to Addressing Persistent and Dire Health Disparities
REPORT | The reproductive health of Black women has long been compromised by interpersonal, institutional, and structural racism. In addition to contending with social and economic drivers of poor health that undermine Black Americans, they have experienced...
Leading the Way
REPORT | Reproductive Healthcare Providers that are Raising the Bar for their Patients and Communities
House Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bills Reveal An Extreme Agenda That Would Set Women Back Decades
FACT SHEET | The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills put forward by House Republican leaders make clear their intent to continue the unrelenting efforts of extremists to erode women’s rights and eliminate hard-won protections essential to women's survival.
What Real Paid Leave is – and What It Isn’t
For a truly just, equitable program that works for the people who need it the most and is feasible and affordable for small businesses, any paid leave program must be the following five things.
Transforming Health Care to Achieve Equity: Centering Consumer Priorities in Value-Based Payment Reform
PRIMER | The foundation of how health care is paid for is being rewritten right now. Government decision-makers and health care industry leaders from across the country are working to shift health care payment from paying for volume, called fee for service (FFS), to...
Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Jobs and Employment
REPORT | This report discusses issues related to caregiving, discrimination, public benefits, barriers to competitive integrated employment, labor violations and costs associated with employment for disabled workers.
Learning Our Lesson: COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave Showed the Value of a Robust, Permanent Paid Leave Policy
ISSUE BRIEF | This brief reviews the research and evidence about workers’ and employers’ need for and use of emergency sick and family leave, implementation and enforcement, and the costs and benefits of the program. It also shares qualitative findings from 20...
