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

• On state budgets and taxes, Wesley Tharpe emphasized how easing state restraints on local taxing power can strengthen democracy and promote prosperity and equity. Iris Hinh and Juliette Kimmins highlighted positive impacts of the American Rescue Plan Act two years later.  

• On the federal budget, Kathleen Romig and Luis Nuñez explained why Social Security is not “bankrupt.” Romig also noted that a long overdue boost to Social Security Administration funding would begin to improve service.  

• On federal taxes, Chuck Marr and Samantha Jacoby noted that President Biden’s budget charts a needed course correction as the 2025 tax debate begins. 

• On food assistance, Ed Bolen, Dottie Rosenbaum, and Catlin Nchako described how families and older people in every state are at risk under a proposed SNAP rule that would take food away for not meeting work requirements. 

• On health, Gideon Lukens and Allison Orris pointed out that changing Medicaid’s funding structure to a per capita cap would shift costs to states, force deep cuts, and leave millions uninsured.  
• On the economy, we updated our chart book tracking the recovery from the pandemic recession and our backgrounder on how many weeks of unemployment compensation are available. 

Chart of the Week – Schematic Map: Mix of Local Revenues Varies Across States

A variety of news outlets recently featured CBPP’s work and experts. Here are some of the highlights:   
  
The Great Medicaid Purge begins 
Washington Post 
March 30, 2023 

Crackdown on Food Stamps Would Cut Aid for More Than 10 Million: Report 
The Fiscal Times 
March 30, 2023

Quiénes están en riesgo de perder beneficios del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria en EE.UU. 
El Diario  
March 29, 2023

‘We’re Going Away’: A State’s Choice to Forgo Medicaid Funds Is Killing Hospitals 
New York Times 
March 28, 2023 

1 in 4 could lose food stamps under a GOP bill. These states would be hit hardest  
CBS  
March 28, 2023 

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