Income inequality in the U.S. is particularly high for a developed economy. At numerous times during its history, the country has attempted to address the issue through policy, legislation ...

It brings the hidden truth of a corrupt world to the surface’. In the same way, the pandemic of COVID-19 exposes and amplifies inequalities in society. The myth of the pandemic as the great leveller ...

How do inequality and health relate? Increasing evidence from scientists the world over indicates that many health outcomes — everything from life expectancy to infant mortality and obesity — can be ...

The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent. By Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz have ...

House Ways and Means Republicans have released their tax plan as part of the budget reconciliation process and as long expected, it provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy while doing little for ...

Tackling health inequalities has long been a core part of NICE’s work and is enshrined in our principles. This month we published a modular update to our health technology evaluations manual focusing ...

The $4 trillion tax bill released May 12 by House Republicans, which sets the stage for a Congressional battle over President Donald Trump’s key economic legislation, includes an unusual ...

The Democratic National Committee’s credentials panel voted Monday to void activist David Hogg’s election as vice chair of the party. Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjorie ...

And many believe that government should replace it with something permanent and more substantial – a Basic Income Grant. Professor in Economics at the University of Pretoria, Prof Nicky Nichols ...

This paper asks: If we are sufficientarians about health, then why do we care about health inequality? This is an important ethical question which should be of interest to moral philosophers as well ...

We at ITEP are busy modeling what this bill will mean for families in different income ranges across the country and in every state, but one thing is clear: this is a recklessly expensive bill that ...

Economic, social and political inequality are enduring and grave threats to societies. Income inequality is rising everywhere, while the number of refugees increased by 44 per cent between 2015 and ...