BEYOND THE NUMBERS
In Case You Missed It . . .
This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, federal taxes, food assistance, housing, and health.
- On the federal budget, Sharon Parrott and Joel Friedman outlined five reasons why a debt commission is the wrong prescription for the U.S.
- On federal taxes, Chuck Marr urged policymakers to repeat a policy success by expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for adults not raising children in the home.
- On food assistance, Joseph Llobrera listed four ways the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides key benefits to workers and their families.
- On housing, Barbara Sard detailed lessons from the past that can guide future policy related to Project-Based Vouchers.
- On health, Jennifer Sullivan pointed to health coverage enrollment training and resources that are available in Spanish. (Este contenido está disponible en español.) We also updated our resource tracking states’ unwinding from Medicaid continuous coverage.
Chart of the Week – Policymakers Should Again Expand the EITC for Adults Without Children
A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts this past week. Here are some of our highlights:
U.S. Undoes Progress on Child Poverty as Spending Cuts Take Priority
Capital and Main
October 19, 2023
Covid Relief Payments Triggered Feds to Demand Money Back From Social Security Recipients
KFF Health News/ Cox Media Group
October 18, 2023
Secretario Miguel Cardona: “Debemos apoyar a nuestros latinos, porque… van a servir como líderes”
La Opinión
October 17, 2023
Congress wants to cut food assistance for needy women and children. That's not pro-family.
The Tennessean
October 17, 2023
Medicaid Expansion: Why It Benefits Low-Income Americans
Health News
October 16, 2023
Who thought flexible spending accounts were a good idea?
Vox
October 16, 2023
4 charts show who will be hit the hardest as pandemic-era benefits end
CNN
October 15, 2023
