The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...

Hospitals’ and other providers’ uncompensated care costs have fallen significantly since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) major coverage provisions. But approved and proposed ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, state budgets and taxes, health, and federal taxes.On food assistance, Katie Bergh and Dottie Rosenbaum warned that ...

Most states’ prison populations are at historic highs after decades of extraordinary growth; in 36 states, the prison population has more than tripled as a share of the state population since 1978.

Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the United States, at over 80 million enrollees. [2] Its numerous benefits to enrollees include greater likelihood of completing school, higher wages, better ...

The national recession has had such a devastating effect on state finances that states took in $87 billion less in tax revenue from October 2008 through September 2009 than they collected in the ...

The harmful Republican megabill, enacted through budget reconciliation on July 4, takes food assistance and health care away from millions of people while showering ever larger tax breaks on the ...

Some policymakers, organizations, and individual economists assert that a consensus exists in the academic literature that state tax cuts boost state economies and that state tax increases harm them, ...

When families are able to meet basic needs such as food, housing, and medical care, parents and other caregivers [2] experience less stress, which allows them to provide the critical support that ...

Social Security faces a significant — though manageable — long-term funding shortfall, which policymakers should address primarily by increasing Social Security’s tax revenues. If policymakers elect ...

Federal grantmaking is becoming less efficient, more uncertain, more political, and more open to corruption. Grantees are experiencing slowdowns in the delivery of appropriated funds and may be ...

Medicaid provides affordable and comprehensive health coverage to over 30 million children, improving their health and their families’ financial well-being. [1] In addition to the immediate health and ...