About 6 million people will lose SNAP food assistance if BBCE is eliminated — more than 4 million of them, including 1.8 ...

Late last night, the House Agriculture Committee voted to advance a deeply flawed farm bill that turns its back on the millions of low-income families struggling to afford groceries in the wake ...

Weaponizing fraud and using it as a pretext to take funds away from states will destabilize their programs and ultimately take health care from people who can least afford it.

Without carefully crafted policies and systems, many people with serious health conditions could lose coverage despite being eligible. Fortunately, there are concrete steps states can take that can ...

Medicaid ensures that people of all ages have access to the health care they need, covering 2 in 5 children, 1 in 6 non-elderly adults, and 1 in 7 seniors nationwide.

This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, health, housing, and the economy.

Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state, and they lift more people above the poverty line than any other program in the United States. Without Social Security, 23 ...

Recent federal policy decisions by congressional Republicans and the Trump Administration have made health care even more unaffordable for millions of people. In the wake of their actions that have ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets, health, food assistance, and Social Security.

Late last night, the House Agriculture Committee voted to advance a deeply flawed farm bill that turns its back on the millions of low-income families struggling to afford groceries in the wake of ...

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