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This week at CBPP, we focused on health care, state budgets and taxes, the federal budget and taxes, food assistance, housing, and the economy.

  • On health care, Hannah Katch affirmed that the House Republican bill’s proposal to convert Medicaid into a per capita cap or block grant threatens coverage for all Medicaid beneficiaries. Edwin Park cautioned that a reported Senate change to the proposal could actually deepen the bill’s cuts to Medicaid.

    Aviva Aron-Dine, Matt Broaddus, Edwin Park, and Tara Straw summarized the findings of two new CBPP papers: one by Broaddus and Park debunking the claim that phasing down federal funding for the Medicaid expansion more slowly would enable states to continue their expansions, and one by Straw warning that expansion enrollees losing coverage due to the bill would face high barriers to obtaining coverage in the individual market. Aron-Dine cautioned that a reported Senate “compromise” on the expansion would have almost the same effect as the House bill.

    Aron-Dine warned that Anthem’s withdrawal from Ohio’s insurance marketplace makes the consequences of marketplace sabotage even starker. Jesse Cross-Call outlined how the House bill would undermine Medicaid’s critical role in rural America.

  • On state budgets and taxes, Nick Johnson praised Kansas lawmakers’ bipartisan vote to largely undo the state’s failed tax cut experiment and stressed the important lessons for federal and state policymakers.
  • On the federal budget and taxes, Jacob Leibenluft pointed out that despite President Trump’s rhetoric around rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, his policies would undermine our ability to do so. We updated our tax brief explaining how the GOP tax plan would emulate the failed Kansas tax cut experiment.
  • On food assistance, Brynne Keith-Jennings presented an interactive map showing how SNAP (formerly food stamps) helps low-wage workers in every state.
  • On housing, Anna Bailey listed several ways in which President Trump’s budget would worsen homelessness. Lissette Flores reported that the budget would eliminate several block grants that help communities build affordable rental housing and repair and improve infrastructure.
  • On the economy, we updated our chartbook on the legacy of the Great Recession.

Chart of the Week: Delaying End of Higher Federal Funding for ACA Medicaid Expansion Enrollees Wouldn’t Mitigate Eventual Harm

A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts recently. Here are some highlights:


Older, Poor Americans Face Huge Costs Under GOP Health Care Bill
Huffington Post
June 9, 2017


Trump's Infrastructure Plan Still Could Use More Planning
NPR
June 9, 2017


Kansas tax ‘experiment’ offers lessons to the nation, analysts say
Kansas City Star
June 7, 2017


President Trump's Big Infrastructure Pitch Faces Skepticism
Time
June 6, 2017

 

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