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Medicaid Expansion’s Recent Popularity Among Voters
Recently, support for Medicaid expansion has grown dramatically, years after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) put it into motion. This fact was on full display when Oklahoma expanded Medicaid by narrowly passing a ballot measure, which will, in 2021, make at least 200,000 low-income residents eligible for the program within the state. The politics of Medicaid expansion…
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COVID-19 Risks vs. Growth Continuum
As America continues to take action to slow the spread of the coronavirus and Congress works through its next steps on COVID-19 response, a new debate is beginning over the health and economic tradeoffs of prevention measures like social distancing and business closures. President Trump kickstarted the debate with his comment that, “I would love to…
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A Note from FTP on COVID-19
Our founding members Jeffrey Forbes and Dan Tate Jr. sent this note to clients earlier today regarding the latest on DC’s response to COVID19. Friends, With the number of COVID-19 cases continuing to surge, national, state and local policymakers are working to address and mitigate the effects of this public health crisis. Forbes Tate Partners…
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Governors Move Forward on Health Care Agenda Without New Federal Programs
As the nation’s governors gather this week for their annual meeting in Washington, much of the talk, as usual, will focus on health care. Democratic governors, in particular, are putting forward proposals to make health care more accessible and affordable, specifically for those who still lack coverage. While Washington remains in gridlock, state leaders are…
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Repeal & Replace: From One Republican To Another, How Did It Fail And What Can We Learn?
Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as Obamacare, went down in flames this past month. But, why did their efforts fail? What lessons did we learn from this failure? And how can those lessons learned be applied to current and future advocacy campaigns? You Must Own Your Message From…
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Washington desperately needs a win: How about paid family leave?
We have had Governors, business leaders, Members of Congress, Presidential candidates and Administrations from both parties call for paid family leave but it still can not break through in Washington. Just this past month, in true bipartisan fashion, AEI and Brookings released a report on how a national paid family leave policy is needed in the United…
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ICYMI: It’s time for American employers to unite on US paid family leave
The following piece originally ran in The Hill on 05/08/17, which can be found here. There is no doubt paid maternity and paternity leave policies benefit both companies and their employees, so why do 86 percent of America’s working women not have a single day of paid maternity leave following birth or adoption? Paid family leave…
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The STOP Act: A Legislative Response To The Opioid Overdose Epidemic
In recent years, the opioid overdose epidemic in the U.S. has been widely covered – as it spreads state-to-state we hear countless stories of opioids taking lives and ravaging communities. FTP has worked with our clients on this issue for nearly two years, both with a premier medical association and a leading manufacturer of an…
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Returning From Recess: What We’ve Learned
As the current administration touts an agenda that is “Achieving Results for the American People,” Congressional recesses are shaping up to be the prime forum for constituents to check in with their elected officials to see what type of progress they actually feel and ask questions that impact their day-to-day lives. Inside the Beltway, individuals watched…
