Roundup: Our Take on House GOP Leaders’ New Poverty and Health Proposals

We’ve compiled CBPP’s analyses and blog posts to date on the poverty and health care proposals that Speaker Paul Ryan and other House Republican leaders released this month. 

• 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