NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

Health care provider shortages affect a variety of sectors, including primary care and behavioral health. With the rise of an aging population, retiring workers and those leaving the workforce due to burnout, states look for innovate strategies to recruit and retain providers in their communities. Hear about the policy levers states are considering to address their health care workforce shortages, and learn about the strategies that have been successful.

We hear so often that a program or policy is "evidence-based"—sometimes to justify support for a position or funded program. Would it help to know where to look for credible evidence—or what questions to ask to test whether something is really evidence-based? Learn how to sort out what evidence really means and how it can help make policy and budget decisions that are more likely to achieve policymakers’ desired outcomes. Speakers include Kristine Goodwin, NCSL, David Anderson, Arnold Ventures, and Alyssa Doom, The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Too much or not enough? Minimum wage rates have long been hotly debated. Learn more about state action on the minimum wage and how businesses are responding to wage increases across the country, as well as proposed changes at the federal level. Speakers include Ardine Williams, Workforce Development, Amazon and Glenn Spencer, Employment Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.