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December 10, 2019 Two key tax credit provisions in the COVID relief legislation that the House passed February 27 would provide significant help to those on the fault lines of some of the pandemic’s worst economic effects. People who have lower incomes, are Black or Latino, have less than a college education, or work in face-to-face service occupations have long faced barriers to high-paying jobs and opportunity, which the pandemic and its economic fallout have widened. The House bill’s provisions making the full Child Tax Credit available to all children e...

The share of immigrants in the U.S. population is near a historic high. About one-in-seven people (14%) in the U.S. today, or 45 million, are foreign born. While many studies have highlighted the cultural diversity of immigrants, fewer point to the strength of immigrant families. As a group, immigrant families tend to be more stable than families of native-born Americans. Specifically, 72% of immigrants with children are still in their first marriage, whereas the share among native-born Americans is just 60%, according to a new Institute of Family Studies (IFS) analysis of census data. Be...

February 17, 2021 A provision in the House economic relief bill would give the 14 states that haven’t yet implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a strong new financial incentive to do so. [1] The COVID-19 pandemic and recession have made access to health care — including Medicaid — even more critical, and more than 4 million uninsured people in the states that haven’t expanded could gain coverage if all remaining states acted. "If enacted, the House provision should settle the argument about whether a state can afford expansion and p...

Impact of burnout on empathy Open Access PDF Download Burnout—a syndrome that is characterised by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and low sense of personal accomplishment—has been associated with a higher frequency of medical errors, lapses in professionalism, impeded learning, problematic alcohol use and suicidal ideation. Burnout is important because it can damage doctors and impair patient care. Burnout is defined as “a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion that results from long-term involvement in work situations that are emotionally demanding.”1 Many variab...

Increase State Financial Aid and Target Students in Need About 74 percent of the $14.1 billion in grant aid that states awarded for the 2019 academic year was need-based (a slight decrease from the previous year), meaning it went to low-income students who struggle the most to pay for college. The other 26 percent was merit-based, meaning it was awarded to students who meet certain criteria — typically measured by high school GPA or college entry exam scores — regardless of household income. Need-based aid is intended to expand access to higher education for low-income students. Financial...