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Policymakers should provide robust assistance to individuals and state and local governments and continue it as long as it is needed.
About 65 million non-elderly individuals lived in families with combined weekly earnings below the poverty line in May — far above the pre-pandemic level of 51 million.
The 35 states (plus the District of Columbia) that have implemented the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion are better positioned to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The 15 remaining states should act swiftly to implement expansion to help their residents weather the crisis.
Policymakers should provide robust assistance to individuals and state and local governments and continue it as long as it is needed.
We now project that the state budget shortfalls expected from COVID-19’s economic fallout will total a cumulative $555 billion over state fiscal years 2020-2022.
State or local GA programs are generally the only cash assistance for which poor childless adults can qualify.
This triggered increase in federal Medicaid assistance would go a long way toward closing the large recession-related gaps emerging in state budgets and reduce the need for harmful program cuts and tax increases.
Borrowing is not a viable substitute for the substantial direct aid states need to offset their sharp revenue declines and cost increases stemming from COVID-19.
In the midst of a global pandemic and major recession, the Trump Administration and 18 state attorneys general are expected to file briefs this week asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Testimony of Michael Leachman, Vice President for State Fiscal Policy, Before the House Committee on Education and Labor
Making full expensing permanent would have no effect until 2023 and hence do nothing to help mitigate the current economic downturn.
People without homes are among those facing COVID-19’s most severe consequences, including high infection rates, and, for older adults and those with pre-existing health conditions, increased risk of severe complications or death.
As a nation we must pursue racial justice and equity, and housing justice must be a part of the discussion because systemic racism also results in homelessness, housing instability, and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color.
If policymakers don’t act to extend benefits, the CARES Act’s boost in benefit levels will expire on July 31 and its eligibility expansions and additional weeks of benefits will expire on December 31.
