BEYOND THE NUMBERS
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This week at CBPP, we focused on health, income security, state budgets and taxes, the economy, and the federal budget.
- On health, Gideon Lukens explained why expanding health savings accounts would boost tax shelters, not access to care. Paul Van de Water emphasized that President Biden’s 2024 budget would strengthen and improve Medicare. Symonne Singleton urged advocates to seek to improve technical systems underpinning the Medicaid continuous coverage unwinding. We also updated our resource tracking the unwinding.
- On income security, Diana McCaffrey-Azevedo and LaDonna Pavetti described how TANF provisions in House Republicans’ debt-ceiling-and-cuts bill would harm families and deepen poverty among children. Aditi Shrivastava and Urvi Patel cited research showing that providing cash to families in poverty reduces the risk of family involvement in child welfare.
- On state budgets and taxes, we updated our interactive dashboard on state revenue options for advancing equity and prosperity.
- On the economy, we updated our backgrounders on the recovery from the pandemic recession and on how many weeks of unemployment insurance are available.
- On the federal budget, we updated our roundup of analyses on House Republicans’ harmful debt-ceiling-and-cuts bill.
Chart of the Week — House Republican Bill Cuts Billions From Health Coverage, Food Assistance, Gives Billions to Tax Cheats
A variety of news outlets recently featured CBPP’s work and experts. Here are some of the highlights:
'I just cry': Families spend years on subsidized housing waiting lists
ABC News
May 3, 2023
The biggest problem with the Republicans’ line on veterans’ care
MSNBC
May 2, 2023
Shapiro’s tax credit for Pa. teachers, nurses, cops may not pass legislature
WESA
May 2, 2023
Republicans, Democrats Clash Over Linking Aid for Poor Americans to Work
Wall Street Journal
May 1, 2023
The Clash on the Debt Limit Bill.
Radio Bilingüe
May 1, 2023
The blithe cruelty of the GOP push for Medicaid work requirements
Vox
April 29, 2023
Why Millions Could Lose Their Medicaid Coverage In The Coming Months
HuffPost
April 28, 2023
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