— How Workers Outside the System May Lose Medicaid Under the One Big Beautiful Bill She Isn’t Unemployed—She Just Doesn’t Fit the System’s Definition of Work Mrs. Liang, 45, works as a self-employed home cleaner in Las Vegas. She supports her family of three through hourly residential cleaning jobs. She has legal status and filesContinue reading “I’m Working, But the System Says I’m Not “Qualified””
Category Archives: 政策与参与 / Policy & Civic Engagement
谁赢了?谁输了?——《大而美法案》初探
撰文|一个政策观察者 引言 2025年7月3日,《One Big and Beautiful Bill Act》(OBBBA,大而美法案)在众议院以218票对214票的微弱优势获得通过,并于7月4日独立日当天由总统正式签署成为法律。该法案涵盖税收、社会保障、绿色能源、移民执法等多个领域,影响范围广泛,被视为一项旨在“重塑财政支出结构、激励劳动参与”的重大政策转折点。 本文将以中立、普及性的角度,系统梳理该法案的主要条款与影响机制,探讨不同人群可能面临的变化,以及潜在的政策逻辑争议。
Who Wins, Who Loses? — A Preliminary Look at the One Big and Beautiful Bill Act
By: A Policy Observer Introduction On July 3, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the One Big and Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) by a vote of 218 to 214. The following day, on Independence Day, the President officially signed it into law. Spanning areas including taxation, social welfare, green energy, and immigration enforcement,Continue reading “Who Wins, Who Loses? — A Preliminary Look at the One Big and Beautiful Bill Act”
医疗支出全球最高,美国却仍无全民医保
——17.2% GDP 用在医疗上,却还有千万美国人无保险 2024年,美国医疗支出占国内生产总值(GDP)的比重再次突破17.2%,稳居全球第一。这意味着,美国社会在医疗健康上的总投入,比任何国家都要多得多。可令人不解的是:在这样庞大的开销下,仍有约7%到8%的美国人没有任何医疗保险,约合2700万人仍生活在“看不起病”的阴影之中。 为何世界上最富有的国家,却没能为所有人提供基本的医疗保障?这背后,是一场牵动深层制度、利益结构与意识形态的拉锯战。
Highest Health Spending in the World, Yet No Universal Coverage in America
— 17.2% of GDP Spent on Healthcare, Yet Tens of Millions Remain Uninsured In 2024, healthcare spending in the United States once again reached a staggering 17.2% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the highest in the world. This means that the U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other country on earth. Yet paradoxically,Continue reading “Highest Health Spending in the World, Yet No Universal Coverage in America”
谁才是真正的赢家?
—— 从中产阶级的视角看《大而美法案》 2025年7月3日,美国国会以218票对214票的微弱优势通过了《One Big Beautiful Bill Act》(简称 OBBBA,中文可称“大而美法案”)。次日,也就是7月4日独立日,总统正式签署了这项法案,为节日庆典添上一抹强烈的政治色彩。 媒体聚焦于这项宏大法案中涵盖的多项政策组合:延续减税、削减社会福利、削减绿色能源补贴、并大幅增加移民执法开支。支持者称其“充满雄心”、“促进经济增长”、“是一场财政纪律的胜利”。 但从像我这样的普通中产阶级视角来看——既非富豪,也非贫困者——这项法案并不令人振奋。它像是一场无声的再分配,把更多的负担转嫁给我们,而把更多的好处留给最顶端的人群。 我们挣得“太多”以致无法获得补助,却又挣得“太少”不足以安心生活。我们认真工作、如实纳税,常常还得照顾老人、抚养孩子,却总被要求“再多承担一点”。而最终真正受益的,却是早已不为生计发愁的少数人。
Who Are the Real Winners?
— A Middle-Class Perspective on the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” On July 3, 2025, the U.S. Congress narrowly passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) by a vote of 218 to 214. The very next day—Independence Day, July 4th—the President signed the bill into law, turning a symbolic holiday moment into a politicalContinue reading “Who Are the Real Winners?”
在国庆烟火之外:我们在美华人的此刻心声
当烟火即将划破夜空,当红白蓝的旗帜在街头巷尾飘扬,当人们准备庆祝美国建国的这一天——我们,也身在其中。 但此刻,我们的心,未必在庆典之中。 作为在美华人,站在这个国庆节前夕,我们感受到的,不仅是节日的热闹与自豪,还有沉甸甸的现实:一个国家理想与现实之间的巨大落差,一场我们常常被排除在外的民主叙事。
Beyond the Fireworks: A Reflection from Chinese Americans on Independence Day
As fireworks prepare to light up the night sky, as red, white, and blue flags flutter across the streets, and as people gather to celebrate the founding of the United States—we are here, too. But at this moment, our hearts may not be entirely in the celebration. As Chinese Americans, standing on the eve ofContinue reading “Beyond the Fireworks: A Reflection from Chinese Americans on Independence Day”
亞太裔社群關心政策影響力
《Power & Policy 2025》立法回顧座談會拉斯維加斯登場 【拉斯維加斯報導】美西時間6月25日晚間,由「內華達亞太裔聯盟」(One APIA Nevada)與 AAPI 商會共同舉辦的《Power & Policy 2025》立法回顧與社區對話座談會,在拉斯維加斯 Bottega Exchange 舉行,現場湧入近百位亞太裔與會者,共同聚焦今年內華達州的重點法案與社群倡議成果。活動透過立法問答與政策簡報,拉近民眾與政治決策之間的距離,展現亞太社群日益積極參與民主的力量。