Roundup: House GOP Leaders’ Poverty and Health Proposals

Our recent report explains that the House GOP’s budget plan proposed in March and its “Better Way” tax reform package released in June would give millionaires $2.6 trillion in tax cuts, while cutting programs for low- and moderate-income people by $3.7 trillion.  Below are our other analyses and blog posts on the House GOP leaders’ poverty and health care proposals. 

• Commentary: House GOP’s Attention to Poverty Is Welcome, But Plan Is Seriously Flawed
• Work Requirements Don’t Cut Poverty, Evidence Shows
• House GOP Vows to Fight Poverty, but Its Budget Would Eviscerate Anti-Poverty Spending
• Welfare Reform and the Safety Net
• Why TANF Is Not a Model for Other Safety Net Programs
• GOP Poverty Plan Would Hurt Some of Most Vulnerable Children
• Work Requirements Would Undercut Effectiveness of Rental Assistance Programs
• Promising Housing Ideas in House GOP Poverty Report
• Greenstein: House Republican Health Plan Seriously Flawed
• Per Capita Caps or Block Grants Would Lead to Large and Growing Cuts in State Medicaid Programs
• Commentary: Like a Block Grant, Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Shift Costs to States and Place Beneficiaries at Risk
• Moving Forward With Medicare’s IPAB
• House Republican Health Plan Would Radically Restructure Medicare