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

On the federal budget and taxes, CBPP President Sharon Parrott issued a statement explaining that the Senate-passed budget plan sets a damaging path and that the House may soon consider its own harmful proposal. David A. Super described the Trump Administration’s unlawful actions to reshape the federal government. In our latest in a series of briefs, we detailed how Republican proposals would harm people living in rural areas, degrade government services, and cause poverty and hardship to rise. Samantha Jacoby outlined important facts about tax cuts for the wealthy that could result from the House budget resolution’s instruction to the Ways and Means Committee.
On health, five people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act marketplace spoke to their struggles affording premium hikes if Congress refuses to extend improved tax credits, with commentary from Claire Heyison. Nick Gwyn noted that Republican proposals to take health coverage and food assistance away from people who don’t meet rigid work requirements would not increase employment. Maani Stewart clarified that Medicaid’s improper payment rate is a measure of procedural errorsꟷ not a fraud rate.
On Social Security, Kathleen Romig set the record straight in the face of misinformation and false statements from President Trump and Elon Musk.
On income security, Diana Azevedo-McCaffrey testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of passing through all child support payments to Maryland families to help them afford basic needs and thrive.
On state budgets and taxes, Don Griswold testified before the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee, saying that enacting worldwide combined reporting would help end corporate tax avoidance in the state.

We also launched a page rounding up our state-by-state data, fact sheets, and resources.

Chart of the Week — House Republican Budget: Extreme Giveaway to the Wealthy at the Expense of Everyone Else

The Center was active on social media this week. Here are some of our posts:

Ty Jones Cox posted on X and Bluesky about House Agriculture Committee Chair Thompson's hint to shift SNAP benefit costs from the federal government to states.

Samantha Jacoby posted on X about the House budget resolution amendment that opens the door for deeper budget cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts this past week. Here are some of the highlights:

Housing Assistance Is Facing Cuts. State and Local Agencies Are Preparing.
Governing
February 21, 2025

Musk misreads Social Security data, millions of dead people not getting benefits, experts say
ABC News
February 19, 2025

GOP Pushes Drastic Cuts to Medicaid & Food Aid While Proposing Tax Cuts for Rich
Democracy Now
February 19, 2025

Big swings, big misses: DOGE struggles to back up its outsized claims
NBC News
February 19, 2025

Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
ProPublica
February 19, 2025

Trump officials want to ban junk food from SNAP. Past efforts show it's not easy to do
Associated Press
February 19, 2025

Advocates Outraged As Trump Admin Cuts Navigator Program 90%
Inside Health Policy
February 19, 2025

How Medicaid helps mothers, caregivers and children
The 19^th
February 18, 2025

With listings up and demand down, 2025 is off to a rough start for housing
Marketplace
February 17, 2025

Medicaid on the chopping block: Proposed cuts threaten coverage of vulnerable Pennsylvanians
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 16, 2025

Economists say the GOP budget would destroy Medicaid and "disproportionately benefit the 1%"
Salon
February 16, 2025

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