New America Policy Papers: 2005

Papers and other formal publications from our policy programs are available below. To jump to another year in the archives, please use the links at right.

Savings Caucus Prospectus

  • By
  • Ray Boshara,
  • New America Foundation
February 17, 2005

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Policy Options for Achieving an Ownership Society for All Americans

  • By
  • Ray Boshara,
  • Reid Cramer,
  • New America Foundation
February 8, 2005

This menu of policy options is presented with federal policymakers in mind. It reflects our latest and best thinking, and draws heavily on the work of many experts focusing on various facets of savings and asset-building policy. The menu includes calls for new structures and policies as well as small changes to existing financial products and government programs. As there are many policy routes to broadening savings and asset ownership, there is necessarily some overlap among the ideas presented.

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Breaking the Savings Barrier

  • By
  • Anne Stuhldreher,
  • New America Foundation
  • and Jennifer Tescher, Director, Center for Financial Services Innovation
February 5, 2005

This issue brief provides recommendations for federal policymakers to engage with the financial services industry to bring millions of un- and underbanked consumers into the financial mainstream. While as many as 22 million American families are “unbanked,” meaning they lack basic checking or savings accounts, millions more are “underbanked,” meaning they may own accounts but still rely on alternative financial service providers, such as check-cashing outlets.

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The Role of Medicaid in the Context of a Restructured Health System

  • By Cindy Mann, J.D., Research Professor, Georgetown University; and Jeanne Lambrew, Ph.D., Associate Professor, George Washington University, and Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.
February 1, 2005

Concern over rising health care costs and the growing number of uninsured Americans has brought the issue of health care reform back onto the front burner. These issues garnered significant attention during the 2004 Presidential campaign, with recent polls showing that the public consistently identifies health care costs and coverage among the most important issues facing this country. While Americans seem to agree that change is desperately needed, no single approach has emerged as the preferred avenue for accomplishing reform.

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January 2005 CBO Baseline

  • By
  • Maya MacGuineas,
  • New America Foundation
January 25, 2005
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