In their next economic relief package, policymakers should include a modest but important measure that would temporarily expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for ... Read more
The next COVID-19 relief legislation should make the Child Tax Credit fully available for tax year 2020 to families that now receive only a partial ... Read more
Weakening continuous coverage would cause likely hundreds of thousands of people, including many who have recently lost their jobs, to lose coverage and become uninsured. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
This Tax Day, delayed until July 15 to help taxpayers deal with the disruptions caused by COVID-19, should be a wake-up call for policymakers to ... Read more
"Congress should support states in making these changes by further increasing Medicaid’s federal match rate." Many state Medicaid programs are proposing or implementing new policies ... Read more
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a highly respected national policy institute, is seeking a health policy analyst to support the Center’s work promoting ... Read more
