https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31 en-us 2017-05-25 00:58:49 UTC 2025-10-20 17:22:14 UTC hello@padlet.com ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173740261 http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/45/2/1.1.full]]> 2017-05-25 01:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173740261 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173740436 Just a few months before the vote, the health department released a white paper on income and health, which showed that income is not only tied to health, but to the factors that create the opportunities for better health, such as safe homes, nutritious foods and good schools.]]> 2017-05-25 01:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173740436 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173740689 “If you look at the conditions that impact health, income is right at the top of the list,” Ehlinger said. “Anything we can do to help enhance economic stability will have a huge public health benefit. This is a major public health issue.”]]> 2017-05-25 01:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173740689 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173741567 For a growing chorus of public health practitioners, raising the minimum wage is a fundamental step in addressing two key determinants of health: income and poverty.]]> 2017-05-25 01:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173741567 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173741657 “You can raise your health status and lower your risk for so many other conditions because you don’t face the psychological stress of trying to find housing or making sure your family can eat,” he said. “By having the ability to get out of poverty, you can really think beyond those basic needs.”]]> 2017-05-25 01:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173741657 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173741852 Unfortunately, minimum wage campaigns rarely go unopposed, with opponents arguing that wage increases are bad for business. However, the U.S. Department of Labor cites research finding that minimum wage increases have no “discernable effect” on employment, and that most small business owners believe higher wages are offset by decreased employee turnover and increased consumer spending power. In fact, research is finding that higher wages also benefit state health care spending.]]> 2017-05-25 01:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173741852 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173742490 Combined with an expansion in Medicaid eligibility, which was authorized via the Affordable Care Act and funded via federal dollars, a $10.10 minimum wage would reduce states’ pre-health reform Medicaid spending by more than $2.5 billion each year, the report found.]]> 2017-05-25 01:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173742490 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173742564 “We can’t treat our way out of this problem,” he said. “We can’t ignore the stress of not having a living wage and what that’s doing to our population.”]]> 2017-05-25 01:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173742564 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173743064 “The public health community may not feel like it has a set of tools to advocate for policies that raise wages,” said report co-author Rachel West, MPP, senior policy analyst with the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress. “But with Medicaid expansion — this is one policy that directly addresses economic challenges and builds a bridge to health care access.”]]> 2017-05-25 01:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173743064 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173743488 Indeed, a number of local minimum wage campaigns have attracted the support of health organizations. In Illinois, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago is a coalition member of Raise Illinois, a campaign to increase the state minimum wage to $10.65. ]]> 2017-05-25 01:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173743488 ajhowell20 https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173743937 In an October 2014 report from the Center for American Progress, “A Win-Win for Working Families and State Budgets.]]> 2017-05-25 02:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ajhowell20/74liy3p9no31/wish/173743937