Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3hOpinion
Abruptly Eliminating Social Security Phone Services Threatens Access to Benefits
Starting April 14, phone service will no longer be an option for retirees and survivors applying for benefits, or for ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3h
Restricting Phone Services for Social Security Will Harm Seniors
The Trump Administration and DOGE have proposed eliminating phone access for critical Social Security services, including ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities5dOpinion
New Budget Resolution Is Upside Down, Hurting Families the President Pledged to Serve to Shower Tax Cuts on the Wealthy and Powerful
Congress is speeding down a path to a deeply harmful budget and tax “reconciliation” bill that showers tax cuts on ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities4dOpinion
Republican Agenda’s “Triple Threat” to Low- and Moderate-Income Family Well-Being
This three-part agenda — legislation, executive action, and tariffs — will reduce the living standards and raise costs for ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3dOpinion
Delaying Implementation of Washington State’s Full Pass-Through of Monthly Child Support Would Harm Families in Poverty
Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am Diana Azevedo-McCaffrey, Policy Analyst on the Housing and Income ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3dOpinion
SNAP Food Assistance Is a Sound Investment in Our Nation’s Health, Well-Being, and Economy
Food is an essential human need. The United States has the resources to ensure everyone has enough to eat and no one goes ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities6d
Proposed ACA Marketplace Rule Would Raise Health Care Costs for Millions of Families
Millions of people would pay higher premiums, deductibles, and other health costs under rule changes the Trump Administration ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities10dOpinion
Congress Should End Pass-Through Tax Break for Millionaire Business Owners, Extend Tax Credit That Helps Small Business Owners Buy Health Coverage
Republicans want to extend a 2017 tax cut in their upcoming reconciliation legislation that primarily benefits 200,000 ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities7dOpinion
Social Security Stability Remains at Risk
False claims of massive fraud, deep cuts to front-line staff and technical experts, new restrictions on service options, and ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities5dOpinion
Lessons From Unwinding Offer Opportunities to Streamline Medicaid, Improve Efficiency
More than 25 million people have lost Medicaid since unwinding began, about 69 percent of them for procedural reasons — not ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities13dOpinion
Republicans in Congress Considering Harsh Medicaid Cuts That Would Shift Costs to States, Leave People Uninsured
The ideas being considered are harmful both in the magnitude of cuts — hundreds of billions of dollars — and because they ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3d
In Case You Missed It.
This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, Social Security, state budgets and taxes, food assistance, and the economy.On the federal budget, CBPP President ...