Massive, rushed declines in personnel have caused disruptions and slowdowns in public services ranging from repairing infrastructure damage from hurricanes to removing lead contamination from public ...
The breadth of actions harming low- and moderate-income people over the last year is staggering, with huge cuts to health ...
States and localities have options to secure additional revenue for their efforts to address housing affordability.
Enhancements to premium tax credits (PTCs) cut out-of-pocket premiums by more than half, on average, for over 20 million ...
The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...
Hospitals’ and other providers’ uncompensated care costs have fallen significantly since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) major coverage provisions. But approved and proposed ...
Conservative support for UBI rests on an approach that would increase poverty, rather than reduce it. At first blush, universal basic income (UBI) seems a very attractive idea, especially to a ...
The 2001 and 2003 tax cuts also phased out the estate tax, repealing it entirely in 2010. In addition, the tax cuts included three components that are often referred to as “middle-class” tax cuts. One ...
Millions of people will pay higher premiums, deductibles, and other health costs starting in just a few months under a rule the Trump Administration has finalized for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...
This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, state budgets and taxes, health, and federal taxes.On food assistance, Katie Bergh and Dottie Rosenbaum warned that ...
The national recession has had such a devastating effect on state finances that states took in $87 billion less in tax revenue from October 2008 through September 2009 than they collected in the ...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) primary purpose is to increase the food purchasing power of eligible low-income households in order to improve their nutrition and alleviate ...