Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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A nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances federal and state policies to help build a nation where everyone has the resources they need to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
It’s National Breastfeeding Month and evidence of #WIC’s effectiveness continues to mount. In the wake of the 2022 infant formula shortage, more WIC participants began to breastfeed. The latest data confirms that the share of participants who breastfeed continues to grow.
Excellent @nytimes.com The Daily episode featuring Jason DeParle showing the real-life impact of the harmful 2025 Republican reconciliation law that cut food assistance and health coverage. More red tape means even eligible families lose help.
Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S.
Podcast Episode · The Daily · August 5 · 31m
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Medicaid coverage losses will deepen as the work requirement comes into effect nationwide in 2027. The harder the rules are for people to navigate and states to implement, the more people will lose coverage – including many with serious illnesses. www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
Wyden, Warnock Lead Senate Democrats in Call to Stop Red Tape Requirements in Medicaid | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden, Warnock Lead Senate Democrats in Call to Stop Red Tape Requirements in Medicaid
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GDP is one of the most widely used measures of economic activity, but it doesn't capture everything about how people are faring. Learn what GDP measures, how it's calculated, and why it has important limitations. www.cbpp.org/research/eco...
Gross Domestic Product: What It Is and What It Isn’t
When we ask how the economy is doing, it is important to center people, who are at the heart of the economy. People work jobs, run businesses, buy goods, and make the rules of doing business — the...
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Millions of people are already losing health coverage as the harmful 2025 Republican reconciliation law and new Trump Admin policies take effect. Explore our new interactive tracker showing changes in ACA Marketplace and Medicaid enrollment nationwide www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
Health Coverage Tracker: Millions of People Are Losing Coverage Following 2025 Republican Policy Changes
This tool tracks declines in the number of people enrolled in the ACA marketplaces and Medicaid: two sources of coverage that have been crucial to delivering affordable health care to people with low ...
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Millions of people are losing health coverage due to Republican policy changes, and the numbers will continue to grow. See our new interactive state tracker featuring 8 different series of downloadable Medicaid and ACA marketplace data. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
Health Coverage Tracker: Millions of People Are Losing Coverage Following 2025 Republican Policy Changes
Some 2.2 million fewer people are enrolled in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces as of February 2026 compared to December 2025, after Republicans chose to not extend premium tax credit...
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State legislative sessions highlighted a choice after the harmful 2025 Republican reconciliation law's Medicaid cuts: protect health coverage or deepen the harm. See how states responded. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
State Legislative Sessions Highlight Choice Between Protecting Coverage and Deepening Harm After Federal Medicaid Cuts
The $900 billion in Medicaid cuts in the harmful 2025 Republican reconciliation law (H.R. 1) will take away health coverage and raise costs for millions of families.
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More than 4 million people have already lost SNAP benefits since last year's 2025 Republican reconciliation law was enacted. @katiebergh.bsky.social explains why the sharp decline reflects policy changes, not reduced need, via @wbur.org. www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-59...
Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP
SNAP, also known as food stamps, has seen a rapid and consistent participation decline since last July. The drop comes as the program faces historic cuts and changes.
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Yesterday wasn't all about Michigan. An incredible victory for governance happened in Missouri. 🧵 from my @centeronbudget.bsky.social colleague @wesleytharpe.bsky.social on Missourians rejecting the proposal to eliminate the personal income tax:
Wesley Tharpe@wesleytharpe.bsky.social · 17h agoYesterday, Missourians had the final say on one of the most important state policy debates this year: whether to eliminate their personal income tax, which funds two-thirds of their budget, while raising taxes on many working people. They voted it down. missouriindependent.com/2026/08/04/m...
Yesterday, Missourians had the final say on one of the most important state policy debates this year: whether to eliminate their personal income tax, which funds two-thirds of their budget, while raising taxes on many working people. They voted it down. missouriindependent.com/2026/08/04/m...
Missouri voters reject income tax phaseout, initiative petition changes • Missouri Independent
Missouri voters resoundingly rejected major Republican priorities on Tuesday as proposals to eliminate the income tax and change the way majorities are counted lost by large margins across the state.
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These are some of the people who have been "moved" off of food assistance in the wake of the Republican reconciliation law's unprecedented SNAP cuts. The immense hardship these families are now facing is not, in fact, "a pretty big win." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."
On top of failing to give states any more time to reduce errors, this means the 1st year of the cost shift will still be based on error rates that reflect: - Unprecedented disruption to SNAP from the government shutdown - USDA's rushed & chaotic implementation of other SNAP cuts
Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social · 5d agoThis is key: Chair Boozman says this gives "additional time to strengthen administration of SNAP benefits and reduce payment error rates." It does not. The cost shift would still be based on error rates for this fiscal year — so the window to make progress has largely closed.
The EEOC voted to end required reporting of demographic data that help identify patterns of discrimination individual complaints alone can’t surface. Ending this requirement removes the baseline that future admins, courts, & researchers need to monitor & enforce equal opportunity in the workplace.
US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years
The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment ...
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New Trump Administration Medicaid policies go beyond what the 2025 Republican reconciliation law requires, deepening coverage losses, limiting access to care, and increasing pressure on state budgets. www.cbpp.org/blog/adminis...
Administration Policies Go Beyond 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law, Deepening Its Harm
Recent policies from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Medicaid work requirement and approaches states use to finance their Medicaid programs, pay their providers, and innovate...
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CMS proposed a rule that would further restrict states' use of Medicaid provider taxes, making it harder for states to fund their Medicaid programs and protect access to care. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
Proposed Medicaid Provider Tax Rule Will Further Cut Federal Medicaid Spending
July 21, 2026: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule on health care-related provider taxes that, if finalized, will increase state budget hardships, restrict
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Name one other product where anyone would suggest with a straight face that a decline in sales following a 58% price increase *isn't* due to the prices. kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/aca...
Kennedy, Oz Contend Fraud Crackdown, Not Skyrocketing Prices, Led Millions To Leave Obamacare - KFF Health News
Rising premiums forced many people in Affordable Care Act plans to give up their coverage. But the Trump administration claims a huge drop in enrollment is almost entirely due to its fraud crackdown.
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This is key: Chair Boozman says this gives "additional time to strengthen administration of SNAP benefits and reduce payment error rates." It does not. The cost shift would still be based on error rates for this fiscal year — so the window to make progress has largely closed.
Sharon Parrott@sharonparrott.bsky.social · 5d agoThe proposal includes a one-year delay in states paying the massive SNAP cost shift. It would now begin October 1, 2028. But to be clear: it does not give states any more time to lower the costs they will face by reducing errors, only more time until the bill comes due.
There was a SNAP development yesterday that has important implications for low-income children's access to nutrition assistance, as @sharonparrott.bsky.social explains⬇️
Sharon Parrott@sharonparrott.bsky.social · 5d agoIn the face of the child hunger crisis unfolding in plain sight, Chair Boozman’s farm bill proposal falls short on SNAP, despite including a step in the right direction, and further changes are needed before the legislation moves forward.
It’s good news that the Senate included a delay of the proposed OMB grants rule in its bipartisan temporary funding bill — bipartisan recognition of the rule’s harm to communities, small businesses, state and local governments, tribes and taxpayers. 🧵 www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
The Trump Administration Seeks to End Nonpartisan Grantmaking
A proposed rule would radically transform how grant award decisions are made, allowing them to be based on purely political calculations — including who receives funds, what is required of grantees, a...
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In the face of the child hunger crisis unfolding in plain sight, Chair Boozman’s farm bill proposal falls short on SNAP, despite including a step in the right direction, and further changes are needed before the legislation moves forward.
This week at CBPP, we focused on immigration, Social Security, food assistance, federal budget and taxes, and health: www.cbpp.org/blog/in-case...
This week marks the 61st anniversary of Medicaid. This critical program serves millions of families and individuals with low incomes.
1/ A court ruling this week allowed the federal Medicaid work requirement to proceed for now. That doesn’t change the fact that the Administration can take steps to prevent some people, including those with serious illnesses, from losing coverage under this harmful policy.
Starting this month, kids can get Trump Accounts. But for some families caring for disabled children — who will need savings most as they come of age — the accounts could create big problems. That's because of outdated SSI asset limits; Congress should raise them. www.cbpp.org/blog/outdate...
Outdated SSI Asset Limits Pose Real Problem for Children With Disabilities Hoping to Benefit From Trump Accounts
Congress should raise SSI asset limits to prevent families from worrying that their efforts to save for their children’s futures will cost their children essential support from SSI and Medicaid as a r...
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New paper from my colleagues on the critical importance of SNAP for people with disabilities, now under threat due to historically deep cuts to SNAP and work requirement expansions. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
SNAP Provides Needed Food Assistance to Millions of People With Disabilities
There are over 70 million people in the United States with one or more disabilities.[2], [3] Many people with disabilities have greater expenses than people without disabilities,[4] making it harder.....
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House Republican 2027 appropriations bills fall far short of what's needed to help families, support core government services, and meet growing affordability challenges. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
House Republican 2027 Funding Bills Fall Far Short of What Is Needed to Help Families, Support Core Services
The House bills slash a variety of important programs and fall far short of what is required for a range of important non-defense public services, core government functions, and investments that meet ...
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People with disabilities are more likely to experience food insecurity, yet many still face barriers to getting and keeping SNAP benefits. Policymakers can strengthen the program by removing barriers to access and improving benefit adequacy. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
SNAP Provides Needed Food Assistance to Millions of People With Disabilities
There are over 70 million people in the United States with one or more disabilities.[2], [3] Many people with disabilities have greater expenses than people without disabilities,[4] making it harder.....
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"Trust us to know what our households need and ensure we have a voice and a choice in the foods we bring home." - Ashley Blair on the importance of maximizing choice and flexibility in the food package for families participating in WIC: www.cbpp.org/blog/to-bett...
To Better Serve Participants, States Should Maximize Choice and Flexibility in the WIC Food Package
To ensure that WIC continues to make progress in meeting participants’ needs, state WIC agencies should offer the full array of food package substitutions and authorize foods that respond to…
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The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program’s restrictive asset limits could create big problems for families opening Trump Accounts for children with disabilities, costing them essential support from SSI and Medicaid: www.cbpp.org/blog/outdate...
Outdated SSI Asset Limits Pose Real Problem for Children With Disabilities Hoping to Benefit From Trump Accounts
Congress should raise SSI asset limits to prevent families from worrying that their efforts to save for their children’s futures will cost their children essential support from SSI and Medicaid as a…
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New: Even before the rise of AI, the case for raising the corporate tax rate was compelling. Now, I think it’s overwhelming. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Raise the Corporate Tax Rate to Stem AI-Related Economic Inequity
Opinion: AI’s economic impacts may include more inequity and job dislocations and losses. A higher corporate rate would raise substantial revenue from the wealthy without stifling innovation or growth...
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