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About the authors Maura Calsyn is the Director of Health Policy at the Center for American Progress. In this capacity, she plays a leading role in the Center’s health policy development and advocacy efforts. Her work covers a range of topics, including Medicare and Medicaid payment reform, health care transparency, and trends in employer-sponsored insurance. Brendan Duke is the Associate Director for Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress. His research areas include macroeconomics, corporate behavior, economic inequality, and intergenerational economic mobility. Duke served as a staff member of the Center’s Inclusive Prosperity Commission in 2014. Sarah Edelman is the Director of Housing Policy at the Center for American Progress. Her work focuses on foreclosure prevention, single-family rental, and promoting access to affordable housing. Prior to joining the Center, Edelman worked in the areas of community development, community organizing, and consumer protection at Public Citizen, Community Legal Services, the office of Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Division of Consumer Protection. Andy Green is the Managing Director of Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress. His research focuses on financial markets, international trade, and economic policy. Prior to joining the Center, he served as counsel to Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Kara Stein. He also served as counsel to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on banking, trade, and budget matters and staff director of the Senate Banking Committee Economic Policy Subcommittee. Jamal Hagler is the Research Assistant for Progress 2050 at the Center for American Progress. Katie Hamm is the Senior Director of Early Childhood Policy at the Center for American Progress. Prior to joining the Center, Hamm worked as a program examiner at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on federal child care and early education programs. She also worked on international issues in early childhood while on detail to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 154 Center for American Progress | Raising Wages and Rebuilding Wealth
Thomas Huelskoetter is the Research Associate for Health Policy at the Center for American Progress. Ashe McGovern is a Policy Analyst with LGBT Progress at the Center for American Progress. McGovern focuses on the effects of criminal, racial, and economic justice issues on LGBTQ communities. Prior to joining the Center, McGovern was an equal justice works fellow at New York Legal Assistance Group. David Madland is a Senior Fellow and the Senior Advisor to the American Worker Project at the Center for American Progress. He has written extensively about the economy and American politics on a range of topics, including the middle class, economic inequality, retirement policy, labor unions, and workplace standards such as the minimum wage. Madland is the author of Hollowed Out: Why the Economy Doesn’t Work without a Strong Middle Class. Michael Madowitz is an Economist at the Center for American Progress whose work has focused on labor markets, financial markets, tax policy, household lifecycle behavior, and a variety of environmental economics topics. Carmel Martin is the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Center for American Progress. She manages policy across issue areas and is a key member of the Center’s executive team. Prior to joining the Center, Martin was the assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development at the U.S. Department of Education. She previously served as general counsel and deputy staff director for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) as chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Silva Mathema is a Senior Policy Analyst on the Immigration Policy team at the Center for American Progress. Previously, she worked as a research associate for the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. Ben Miller is the Senior Director for Postsecondary Education at the Center for American Progress. He was previously the research director for higher education at New America, as well as a senior policy advisor in the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education. Miller’s work focuses on higher-education accountability, affordability, and financial aid, as well as for-profit colleges and other issues. Conclusion | www.americanprogress.org 155
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Rebuild labor standards and the bro
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prehensive immigration reform. Pass
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Policy recommendations The ACA made
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Require drug companies to justify p
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