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August 20, 2026

How Does Single-Payer Health Care Work?

Health care is one of the rare policy areas where nearly everyone agrees something is wrong, but almost no one agrees on a specific solution. One alternative, used in many other countries, is a single-payer system, where the government pays providers for healthcare services. Medicare-for-all, which we described in a previous brief, is one version of single-payer, but as we show here, there are many other ways to implement this system.
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August 13, 2026

What Is Federalism? State vs. Federal Power Explained

The United States has a federal form of government, meaning that the power to make policy is shared between the national government in Washington and the 50 state governments located across the country.
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August 6, 2026

Voting by Mail, Early Voting, and Absentee Ballots: How States Differ

Elections used to be a simple matter. Thirty years ago, almost 90% of voters cast their ballots in person on Election Day. Voting by mail was mostly for the elderly, disabled, military members, or people who would not be home on Election Day and needed to cast an absentee vote. Early in-person voting before Election Day was rare.