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Uninsured Rate Rose in 2019; Income and Poverty Data Overtaken by Pandemic Recession

September 15, 2020

Robert Greenstein

Income rose and poverty declined in 2019, but the number of Americans without health insurance increased for the third consecutive year despite a growing economy.

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COVID-19: Responding to the Health and Economic Crisis

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SNAP Benefit Boost Would Get Needed Food Aid to the Poorest Participants, Who Have Been Left Out

September 16, 2020

Stacy Dean

Brynne Keith-Jennings

Dottie Rosenbaum

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