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Amid Rising Recession Risks and Tariff Price Hikes, House Republicans Advance Budget Plan That Would Raise Costs for Millions of Families
The budget plan that House Republicans passed today paves the way to take Medicaid health coverage and food assistance ...
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Research Note: Closing Medicaid Coverage Gap Would Provide Over 1.5 Million Uninsured Adults Path to Affordable Health Coverage
The Affordable Care Act expanded access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage for millions of people and has driven ...
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Restricting Phone Services for Social Security Will Harm Seniors
The Trump Administration and DOGE have proposed eliminating phone access for critical Social Security services, including ...
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Shifting Federal Costs for Food Assistance, Health Care, Other Priorities to States Would Cause Widespread Harm
House and Senate Republicans are working overtime to rush through a federal budget plan that would cut off large portions of ...
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On Tax Day, Reject DOGE-Led Cuts to the IRS Workforce and Budget
The “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and the second Trump Administration have led a myriad of attacks on the IRS, ...
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TANF’s Non-Recurrent Short-Term Benefits Can Provide Necessary Assistance to Meet Families’ Immediate Needs
A long-time allowable spending category in TANF enables states to provide short-term assistance to families experiencing a ...
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In Case You Missed It.
This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, Social Security, the economy, federal taxes, state budgets and taxes, and health.On the federal budget, we released a ...
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Advocates Must Hold States Accountable on AI Given Trump Order
The Trump Administration has begun a shift in federal policy related to artificial intelligence (AI) that advocates working ...
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The 2017 Tax Law Did Not Boost the Economy
Despite claims from President Trump and the Administration’s Council of Economic Advisers, there is no evidence that the 2017 tax law, which included deep tax cuts skewed to the wealthy ...
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Abruptly Eliminating Social Security Phone Services Threatens Access to Benefits
The Trump Administration is making it harder for eligible Social Security beneficiaries to access their benefits by eliminating phone services, forcing millions more people to seek in-person help even ...