This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, state budgets and taxes, food assistance, health, housing, and poverty and inequality. On federal taxes , ... Read more
A number of states are implementing or considering policies that would take Medicaid coverage away from enrollees not working a specified number of hours each ... Read more
In a post for Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), CBPP Vice President for Housing Policy Barbara Sard commented on several papers ... Read more
*/ Mandatory Grants Outside Major Health Programs at Historically Low Levels Some federal grants to state and local governments are in the “mandatory” part of ... Read more
The Michigan Senate is voting on a bill today that would take coverage away from Medicaid enrollees who don’t meet rigid work requirements; ... Read more
Who Is Eligible, and for How Much? When filing taxes for 2018 (due in April 2019), working families with children that have annual incomes below ... Read more
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) significantly increased health coverage for people experiencing homelessness, a group whose mortality rates are ... Read more
The three studies misrepresent or omit key findings, and in many instances, make inappropriate claims about the impact of work requirements on work and earnings that the facts do not support. Read more
Tax return audit rates, especially among high-income individuals and large corporations, continued a multi-year decline in 2017, IRS data show. That’s largely due ... Read more
The proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would end or cut benefits for a substantial number of low-income people. Read more
