As part of the White House Forum for Workplace Flexibility, the CEA released a report today presenting an economic perspective on flexible workplace policies and practices. Work-Life Balance and the Economics of Workplace Flexibility (pdf) highlights changes in American society over the past half century, including the increased number of women entering the labor […]
Over at the Health Reform section of WhiteHouse.gov, we’ve compiled a lot of information on what health reform means for Americans, whether they get insurance through their work, buy it themselves or for their families, have a small business, are on Medicare, or just don’t have any insurance at all. But there are obviously other […]
Throughout the health care reform debate, we’ve seen opponents of reform come out in full force to misrepresent how this legislation will affect the American people. For months they have been targeting seniors—trying to deceive them into thinking that the President’s plan will reduce their guaranteed benefits. This is simply untrue. Under the new health […]
The American workforce today is not our parents’ workforce. In the last generation, we broke down barriers so that more women could enter the workforce. In recent years, we have seen economic changes that have made those paychecks that women bring home essential to their family budgets. Two-thirds of American families with kids are headed […]
Ed. Note: Read more about benefits for small businesses in our Health Reform section. Few aspects of our health care system provided a greater impetus for reform than the degree to which the status quo created disincentives, barriers and obstacles for responsible behavior. Take, for example, the case of small businesses that want to provide […]
As part of the White House Forum for Workplace Flexibility, the CEA released a report today presenting an economic perspective on flexible workplace policies and practices. Work-Life Balance and the Economics of Workplace Flexibility (pdf) highlights changes in American society over the past half century, including the increased number of women entering the labor […]
I wanted to point out something different we are trying out: an effort to connect with college newspapers across the country and get questions directly from students about the Obama Administration’s higher-ed agenda. Next week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and the chair of the President’s Domestic Policy Council, will answer questions in a special live […]
After a year of intense debate and nearly a century of trying, President Obama signed into law a bill guaranteeing that all Americans have access to quality and affordable health care for the first time in our country’s history. But our job in government is not over. As the President reminded us, we also have […]
Today at Northern Virginia Community College, President Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, the last step on health reform that provided fixes for some elements and which improved upon the core health reforms by increasing tax credits for the middle class, investing in community health centers, and strengthening efforts to fight waste and fraud. […]
The President believes that for America to compete in the 21st century, we’ll need a highly educated workforce that is second to none. But one of the things holding us back from this achievement is soaring tuition costs at colleges and universities around the country. Too many students and families struggle to make ends meet […]
