2024 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports Hold Few Surprises

The 2024 annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare trustees, released yesterday, show mostly small improvements in the programs’ financial outlook.

The trustees project that the reserves of the combined Social Security trust funds...

Health Rules Boost ACA Standards, Access to Quality Coverage

The Biden Administration recently finalized several rules that strengthen Affordable Care Act (ACA) standards and ensure people can enroll in affordable, high-quality health coverage. 

HHS Ends the Bar on Affordable Health Coverage for People With DACA

Approximately 100,000 people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and certain other statuses could gain access to affordable health coverage due to a new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule.

The...

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Recently at CBPP, we focused on housing, food assistance, health, and the economy.

• On housing, Peggy Bailey issued a joint statement with the National Alliance to End Homelessness and National Low Income Housing Coalition ...

New Federal Rules Will Improve Medicaid, CHIP Access Across the Country

Enrollees in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will benefit from two rules finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday. The rules — one focused on access to Medicaid...

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This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets and taxes, food assistance, and housing.

• On state budgets and taxes, Whitney Tucker explained that states can use the Black Women Best framework to reform their...

"Tough-on-Crime" Bills in Louisiana and Kentucky Are Harmful, Costly Steps in the Wrong Direction; State Lawmakers Should Prioritize Policies That Will Actually Improve Public Safety

Lawmakers in both Kentucky and Louisiana have adopted antiquated "tough-on-crime" bills that will put more people behind bars and keep them there longer. These bills take an ineffective approach to crime that not only harms...

States Should Center Black Women in Tax Reform

States and localities can realize more equitable, thriving economies by using their revenue policies to address the marginalization and exploitation of Black women. As I explain in a new paper, policymakers should chart a...

Solutions to Homelessness Within Reach Regardless of Supreme Court Ruling in Upcoming Case

Homelessness has risen to historic levels, and the Supreme Court is about to weigh in on whether communities can fine or jail people for sleeping outside when they have nowhere safe to go. But...

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This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, health, state budgets and taxes, Social Security, housing, and income security.

• On federal taxes, Chuck Marr highlighted seven charts on the 2017 Trump tax law, explaining...