On Medicaid, Judy Solomon explained why allowing states to scale back their programs would undercut health reform and why Rhode Island’s experience under a special federal waiver doesn’t show how states would fare under a Medicaid block grant.
On state budgets, Nicholas Johnson warned that proposed cuts to Earned Income Tax Credits would hurt low-income families, and Liz McNichol answered questions about public-sector workers.
On poverty, Arloc Sherman highlighted recent evidence of the far-reaching and harmful effects of childhood poverty.