Natasha Murphy

CAP's expert, Greta Bedekovics, answers the most googled questions about the anti-voter SAVE Act and the SAVE America Act.

The Nature Gap: Communities of Color and Those With Low Incomes Are Bearing the Brunt of America’s Nature Loss New analysis reveals persistent environmental inequality in the United States. Communities of color are three times more likely than white communities to live in nature-deprived areas, and three-quart...

Nature loss affects everyone, but the burdens are not equally shared. Our new report highlights who is most impacted by nature deprivation and demands an immediate change in course. https://ampr.gs/4c5k5Rh

Promoting the National Defense by Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate-Based Herbicides By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, Every child deserves a safe and nurturing hom...

Despite promising to remove "toxins in our environments and pesticides in our food," President Trump plans to increase production of glyphosate, a weedkiller that has been targeted in thousands of lawsuits for health harms. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Graphic with an orange background showing a hand holding a plastic grocery bag filled with produce, eggs, meat, and milk. Each item has a "$$$$" price tag. Text reads: "Stop the sticker shock. CAP has a plan to give families relief at the grocery store."

From fruit to meat, prices have spiked at the grocery store, making it harder for American families to afford their essential groceries.

Today, we announced our plan to lower prices with a "Go-To Grocery List" of food price caps. Learn more: https://ampr.gs/4kPwafQ

Summer 2026 Internships American Progress invites current undergraduate and graduate students and recent graduates of up to six months to submit applications for its Summer 2026 Internship Program. The program will be held o...

@americanprogress.bsky.social summer 2026 internships applications are now open, including on our Health Policy team.

Work on coverage, affordability, reproductive health & public health systems.

Paid. Full-time. DC-based.

www.americanprogress.org/job/summer-2...

Toolkit: Ensuring State Implementation of HHS’ Updated Section 504 Rule This toolkit provides background on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ final rule on “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial ...

New @americanprogress.bsky.social toolkit out now! It's designed to help advocates ensure states comply with HHS' Section 504 rule, which strengthens disability nondiscrimination protections across health care, child welfare systems, and other federally funded programs.

Today's Jobs Report reveals blue-collar industries are struggling in Trump's economy. Additionally, working-class people made up less than a quarter of total job growth in Trump's first year. Check out the latest analysis from @saraestep.bsky.social and me ⇣
www.americanprogress.org/article/work...

The U.S. lost over $100 million last year due to 2,200 cases of measles, according to my estimate for @usnews.com
based on published cost analyses: www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

The U.S. lost over $100 million last year due to measles. For @usnews.com, @jillrose.bsky.social breaks down the real economic cost of measles and how to mitigate it: www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

New from CAP: How the Trump administration has rigged the system in favor of corporate polluters while cutting health care, health research, public health and child welfare services, undermining healthy environments and threatening children’s futures. ⬇️ www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

The Trump administration is freezing funds that states need to keep families housed, fed, and cared for— harming 176,000 children across the country.

An EEOC vote yesterday will dramatically undermine anti-harassment guidance that helped protect millions of American workers @hvnorrisphd.bsky.social and I break it down for @salon.com : t.co/s6hjlr09xl

Women Are Being Priced Out of Health Coverage—and Congress Knows It Rising costs and congressional inaction mean countless women are entering 2026 without health coverage they can afford.

Rising costs and congressional inaction mean countless women are entering 2026 without health coverage they can afford.

The 2026 financial outlook for American families is not looking good—despite what Trump claims.
Are you better off than you were a year ago?

How States Can Combat Health Care Consolidation and Corporate Conflicts of Interest States have several policy levers they can use to curb consolidation and corporate conflicts of interest, protecting competition and lowering costs.

States don’t have to wait for Washington to act on health care consolidation. My new issue brief for @americanprogress.bsky.social highlights state laws targeting private equity, corporate control, and excessive hospital prices: www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

Women Are Being Priced Out of Health Coverage—and Congress Knows It Rising costs and congressional inaction mean countless women are entering 2026 without health coverage they can afford.

When health insurance becomes unaffordable, women don’t just absorb the cost. They make sacrifices—often at the expense of their health.” More from @kierrajones.bsky.social in @msmagazine.com: msmagazine.com/2026/01/21/w...

Interested in tackling domestic policy challenges in areas like health care, anti-poverty policy, education, immigration, state-tribal policy, and criminal legal system reform? Visit www.cbpp.org/fellowship to apply to the State Policy Fellowship program ⬇️

A Year in Review: How the Trump Administration’s Economic Policies Made Life Less Affordable for Americans The first year of the Trump administration has left Americans struggling with increased costs of living due to its unprecedented tariffs, fewer job opportunities, and more expensive health care and ut...

Are you better off than you were a year ago? After a year of Trump's economy, Americans' attitudes and latest economic data answer that question with a resounding "NO." Check out how Trump's first year made life less affordable ⇣
www.americanprogress.org/article/a-ye...

REMINDER: EPIC's Health Privacy Panel is one week away—make sure to register now! epic.org/beyond-hipaa-event

States no longer have to report Medicaid, CHIP vaccination rates to CMS, further undermining immunization Medicaid and CHIP cover almost half of American children. A new CMS policy means we will know less about their health.

Despite what the federal government says, eliminating vaccination data while gutting our vaccine infrastructure reduces transparency and public trust while harming our children. ⬇️
www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/c...

States no longer have to report Medicaid, CHIP vaccination rates to CMS, further undermining immunization Medicaid and CHIP cover almost half of American children. A new CMS policy means we will know less about their health.

Medicaid & CHIP cover almost half of American children. A new CMS policy means we’ll know less about their health. @jillrose.bsky.social explains: www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/c...

The Pitt's Noah Wyle is right: Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid have ripple effects that hurt us all.

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children

The administration's reckless overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule will put America’s children at greater risk of preventable disease and death. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...

High-quality, affordable health care should be a right, not a privilege, for everyone in America.

Preventing Premiums From Spiking in 2026 Now Depends on the Senate Without Senate action, families will see Affordable Care Act marketplace premiums spike by thousands of dollars.

ICYMI: A House vote on the extension of the enhanced premium tax credits is coming in January—but preventing 2026 premium spikes will ultimately depend on Senate action. Learn more: www.americanprogressaction.org/article/prev...

House Republican Health Care Bill Fails to Address Marketplace Affordability The health bill House Republicans are preparing to bring to the floor this week not only fails to prevent imminent premium spikes for more than 20 million people in marketplace plans, but would raise....

The House Republicans’ response to expiring premium tax credit enhancements simply doesn’t respond to expiring PTC enhancements.

Instead, they recycle old Republican policy priorities and do nothing to address the impending marketplace affordability crisis.

The Trump Administration’s Tariffs Are a Hidden Holiday Tax President Trump’s tariffs are adding to inflation and holding back families this holiday season.

This holiday season, the cost of the Trump administration’s tariff policies is evident on store shelves and in household budgets—with costs becoming impossible to ignore. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-tariffs-are-a-hidden-holiday-tax/

Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker graph titled: “In Recent Years, ACA Marketplace Insurer Participation has Grown with Enrollment.” The line graph shows growth in both enrollment and insurer participation in Affordable Care Act Marketplaces from 2014 to 2025. The graph displays a steady increase in the number of insurers, depicted by bars, alongside rising enrollment numbers, depicted by a line, indicating a positive trend in participation. Data sourced from KFF State Health Facts.

Competition has increased in the individual market (which consists mostly of the ACA Marketplaces) in recent years but has fallen in fully insured group markets.

Learn how the enhanced ACA credit played a role: https://on.kff.org/4aGzTsP

The Trump Administration’s Tariffs Are a Hidden Holiday Tax President Trump’s tariffs are adding to inflation and holding back families this holiday season.

Despite the Trump administration’s claims that other countries would pay for its tariffs, President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are undoubtedly making life more expensive for Americans. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-tariffs-are-a-hidden-holiday-tax/