Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

ACA Turns 16 as Megabill’s Anti-Immigrant Stance Sets Path to End Coverage Gains Among People With Lawful Immigration Status

The ACA significantly increased health coverage access among people who immigrated to the United States. But these coverage ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Executive Order May Signal Administration’s Continued Effort to Block Basic Needs Assistance

On March 16, President Trump signed an executive order convening a task force on fraud, potentially signaling further efforts ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

House’s Reckless Balanced Budget Amendment Would Place Ever-Growing Share of Needed and Popular Benefits on Chopping Block

Balanced budget amendments are a highly ill-advised method for addressing the nation’s long-term fiscal problems, this ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Policymakers Should Raise Corporate Tax Rates as Alternative to Harmful and Regressive Tariffs

Policymakers should abandon the Administration’s economically harmful and regressive tariffs and pursue more efficient and ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Nearly 3 Million Uninsured Adults Would Gain a Path to Medicaid Coverage if Their States Adopted ACA Medicaid Expansion

Medicaid expansion remains a critical source of coverage for people with low incomes, many of whom lack access to affordable ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

The District of Columbia Should Take Needed Steps to Improve the Child Support Program for Families in Poverty

McCaffrey, Senior Policy Analyst on Housing and Income Security Team, Before the Council of the District of Columbia ...
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In Case You Missed It...

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, income security, and food assistance. Chart of the Week — Implausible Trump Idea to Replace Income Taxes With Tariffs Would Put Burden on ...