Medicare-For-All Act 2023: Pros and Cons

Alliance for Citizen Engagement

Introduction Today, health insurance in America is decentralized. Private insurance companies—composed of  employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) and the non-group market—make up 54.8% of health insurance coverage nationwide, while government-issued programs like Medicare and Medicaid cover 35.9% of the population. Private health insurance options operate as follows: Still, 7.9% of Americans, or roughly 26 million people, […]

Failures and Successes of the BRICS Alliance

Brazil, russia, china, india

Background Officially founded in 2009, BRICS is an informal, multilateral economic alliance between Brazil, Russia, China, India, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. The acronym “BRIC” (later adapted to include South Africa) was originally coined by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill in a 2001 paper wherein he highlighted the potential for […]