For the U.S. to achieve its climate ambitions, Congress must enable a massively accelerated build-out of clean energy infrastructure. However, there is a significant barrier to this effort—the arduous, lengthy permitting process for clean energy infrastructure and energy transmission. In a new policy brief, Rayan Sud, Sanjay Patnaik, and Robert Glicksman share a path to reform this process.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, states allowed nurses to work across state lines to meet the shifting demands of the healthcare workforce. The Hamilton Project provides evidence on both the benefits and consequences of changes to the Nurse Licensure Compact and outlines the current debate on the future of reforms.
Since at least 1954, non-white people have had unemployment rates nearly double that of white people. Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Tiffany Ford examines the history of unemployment trends for Black Americans and calls for policies that remove hiring barriers and ensure employment equity going forward.
Drug shortages and IRA inflation rebates. Faults in the drug supply chain have been exposed in recent years, with the Food and Drug Administration reporting 30 to 50 new drug shortages per year. In response, Congress included a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offering the potential to reduce new “inflation rebates” (payments to Medicare required of companies raising drug prices faster than the rate of inflation) for drugs in shortage. Marta Wosinska proposes considerations for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services when determining appropriate reductions.
