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Parrott: President-Elect Biden’s Relief Plan Meets Urgency of Health and Economic Crisis

January 14, 2021

President-elect Biden’s emergency relief proposal is a substantial, responsible plan that would significantly reduce the hardship that millions of people across the country are now facing.

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COVID-19: Responding to the Health and Economic Crisis

Economy

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Jobs Recovery Stalled in December, Highlighting Importance of Further Relief and Stimulus Measures

January 12, 2021

Chad Stone

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Poverty and Inequality

Food Assistance

Family Income Support

Housing

Climate Change

Immigration

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Parrott: President-Elect Biden’s Relief Plan Meets Urgency of Health and Economic Crisis

COVID-19: Responding to the Health and Economic Crisis

Jobs Recovery Stalled in December, Highlighting Importance of Further Relief and Stimulus Measures

CBPP Announces Sharon Parrott as New President

Administration Should Act to Expand and Improve Health Coverage

The Trump Administration’s Health Care Sabotage

Parrott: Our Democracy’s Peaceful Levers of Change, Not Lies and Violence, Should Be Celebrated and Strengthened

Hardship Growing as Pandemic Enters 11th Month, New Census Figures Show

Tracking the COVID-19 Recession’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships

First, Do No Harm: States Can Preserve Revenue by Decoupling From CARES Act Tax Breaks for Business Losses

Program Participation Data Dashboard

Pandemic Hardship Worsening as Relief Programs Near End

Strengthening Medicare Financing

Tapping More People’s Capacity to Innovate Can Help States Thrive

Accurately Evaluating Marketplace Enrollment

Medicaid and Medicare Enrollees Need Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefits

Trump Proposal Threatens Coverage of HealthCare.gov Enrollees

New Data on Hardship Underscore Continued Need for Substantial COVID Relief

Most Parents Leaving TANF Work, But in Low-Paying, Unstable Jobs, Recent Studies Find

Pandemic’s Impact on State Revenues Less Than Earlier Expected But Still Severe

Research

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