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Making sure that low-income programs are appropriately funded, accessible, & effective has been our commitment since 1981. Learn more about our work on #Medicare , #Medicaid , the #EITC , #SNAP , & affordable #housing :

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5 years

Budget debates work best when we play it straight with the numbers. This chart shows how deeply many agencies are cut. 6/6 #TrumpBudget

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The Senate health bill: Still good for millionaires? ✔️ Still bad for everyone else? ✔️ Still not fixed? ✔️✔️✔️

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The 400 highest income earners in America would get average #tax cut of about $7 Million a year if #ACA is repealed:

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The House GOP tax bill is a bad deal for the majority of Americans and state budgets:

House Tax Bill’s Changes to State and Local Tax Deductions Would Hurt States | Center on Budget and...

The House tax bill released today ends the federal deduction for state and local income and sales taxes and limits the deduction for state and local property taxes to taxes under $10,000 — all to...

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. @GreensteinCBPP explains to @Lawrence that changes to GOP health bill made "fairly appalling bill...worse"

An urgent message about the latest GOP health bill

On the eve of the House vote on the latest repeal and replace bill, Robert Greenstein, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, tells Lawrence O’Donnell how the late changes to pick...

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6 years

#TBT Back in 2001, John McCain voted no on the Bush tax cuts because of how much was given to the top 1 percent. Now in 2017, he will vote yes on an even worse #GOPTaxPlan for low- & moderate-income Americans:

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6 years

The nation's doctors, hospitals, and insurers all agree on the Senate #GOPTaxBill : It would "result in a significant increase in premiums, which would in turn substantially increase the number of uninsured Americans."

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7 years

Do you know what the House #Republican health bill would do to you and your family? #SaveACA #ProtectOurCare

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7 years

House AHCA: Ends #Medicaid expansion Senate: Ends expansion more slowly Result either way: 11 million lose care

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7 years

Cassidy-Graham would cut $1 TRILLION from Medicaid over two decades. You read that right - $1 trillion:

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3 years

Some very good news: In the 6 weeks after the federal government began issuing monthly payments of the expanded #ChildTaxCredit , the number of adults living with kids reporting that they didn’t have enough to eat fell by 3.3 million or nearly one-third.

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7 years

Do you want to go back to before the ACA? Where millions of people with health conditions couldn't find insurance?

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5 years

The Administration claims that the #TrumpBudget cuts non-defense discretionary program (NDD) funding “by 5%,” but this is inaccurate. 1/6

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7 years

We're tracking the emerging threats & reports on the Senate health bill. Spoiler: it's a lot like the House:

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6 years

The #GOPTaxPlan just gets worse and worse over time. By 2027, 87 million households with incomes below $200,000 would see higher taxes & 94 million overall — or more than half of all households.

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7 years

The Senate will try to pass this ACA repeal in 2 weeks. We know it will hurt Americans and take away care:

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6 years

The #GOPTaxPlan gets worse every single year -- yes, even in 2019. Millions of households making less than $200k per year will see their taxes rise:

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7 years

Rushing to pass this Senate bill is designed to hide its harmful and dangerous impact. There's no fixing this bill:

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7 years

It really is this simple: the #AHCA guts any protections for those with pre-existing conditions. #KillTheBill

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7 years

@GreensteinCBPP 2016 marked the largest 2 year income gain in 50 years, uninsured rate is at an all time low, & poverty declined:

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7 years

#TBT : In 2012, Kansas passed a now-failed tax cut experiment. Today, the GOP has a dangerously similar tax plan:

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5 years

In reality, the #TrumpBudget cuts non-defense discretionary programs by 9% without adjusting for inflation, or 11% if inflation is taken into account, compared with 2019 funding levels. 2/6

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7 years

You can't repeal the ACA without taking away 32 million people's health care.

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6 years

You might have heard that the #GOPTaxBill will pay for itself. Turns out, it will cost $1 trillion:

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5 years

The Administration has confused the depth of its cuts by using different figures in different places and in one case comparing apples and oranges. 3/6

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5 years

Specifically, when claiming the cut is 5%, the Administration relies on a cherry-picked set of adjustments to the 2020 funding level without making comparable adjustments to the 2019 level. 4/6

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7 years

Cassidy-Graham bill would cut federal health funding for states by $215 billion from 2020-2026. That's only 6 years:

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4 years

We just released a new paper on why policymakers must include a boost for #SNAP (food stamps) in the next #COVID19 relief package. 1 reason? SNAP has proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms available to reach low-income families: #SNAPMatters

The Case for Boosting SNAP Benefits in Next Major Economic Response Package | Center on Budget and...

Policymakers are appropriately considering additional stimulus measures in the face of mounting job losses and other dire economic signs due to COVID-19. A top item on their list should be raising...

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1 year

Everything you need to know about why the House Republican #DebtLimit bill being debated right now is so harmful in one place.

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5 years

The Administration wants to claim large deficit reduction from NDD cuts (that grow deeper and deeper over the decade), while also claiming it won’t heavily impact important public services. 5/6

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If the #ChildTaxCredit expansion had been renewed, 3 million fewer children would have been in poverty in 2022. Instead, the number of children in poverty more than doubled, from 4 million in 2021 to 9 million in 2022:

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6 years

The newly announced work requirement policies for Medicaid would harm the unemployed without any evidence to suggest that it would promote work:

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7 years

Repealing the ACA without a replacement plan: Very Bad Repealing the ACA w/ the Senate's plan: Somehow even worse:

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6 years

Do you know who the #2018FarmBill would hurt? Well, just on the short list are: Women, veterans, children, people with disabilities, workers, and seniors: #HandsOffSNAP #SNAPMatters

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7 years

Don't let VP #Pence or the #GOP fool you -- #ACA 's #Medicaid expansion in #Kentucky was a huge success:

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5 years

Trump’s proposal to roll back SNAP “cat-el” would penalize families with kids, seniors, & people w/ disabilities who have modest savings by taking away their food assistance. They deserve better. Speak up @ . #HandsOffSNAP

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7 years

This bill continues to be dangerous for everyone who isn't a millionaire.

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5 years

We are delighted to share that after an intensive national search, @MikeDMitchell2 will serve as @CenterOnBudget ’s new Senior Director and Counselor, Equity and Inclusion.

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7 years

#Maine is considering expanding its #Medicaid program. See how successful it was in #Kentucky : #MEMedicaid

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6 years

The Senate #GOPTaxBill is willing to risk 13 million more Americans losing their health care, increasing premiums by 10%, & disrupting the individual market just to pay for hundreds of billions in tax cuts for the wealthy.

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7 years

3 million seniors get care at home instead of a nursing home. Cassidy-Graham would end that:

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7 years

It's almost impressive that the Cassidy-Graham bill is a plan that's even worse than a straight repeal of the ACA:

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7 years

The House #GOP #health care plan would harm 11 million people - targeting #seniors , and cost states $560 billion:

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7 years

Repealing the estate #tax would only affect 50 small businesses, and provide a windfall for millionaires: #taxreform

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7 years

32 million people would lose #health insurance and premiums would double for individuals if #ACA is repealed:

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7 years

The CBO has correctly predicted health coverage gains under the ACA since 2010: #CBOScore

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White House says budget office has "history of inaccuracy" after #CBOscore on Senate health care bill was released

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4 years

If you thought repealing the Affordable Care Act in 2017... doing it in 2020, amongst a pandemic & major recession, would be even worse. We've released new & updated materials outlining the damage that would result from striking down the ACA.

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6 years

Make less than $75,000? Expect to see an increase in your taxes under the Senate #GOPTaxPlan by 2027:

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7 years

The standard we should holding ourselves to is the current law. This bill is dangerous for millions of Americans.

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7 years

It's just another day that ends with "y" when the GOP tries the same old tricks to repeal the ACA -- and this one isn't any different.

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7 years

Trump's infrastructure plan wld mainly be a tax-cut windfall to private developers to bankroll for-profit projects:

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7 years

Trump's plan to stop paying CSR's would boost premiums, raise federal costs, and destabilize the insurance market:

Trump Move Would Boost Premiums, Raise Federal Costs, Destabilize Insurance Market | Center on...

Ending the CSR payments would boost premiums for many consumers, raise overall federal marketplace subsidy costs, and likely cause some insurers to withdraw from the marketplaces.

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7 years

@dylanmatt @EconCharlie @MikeDMitchell2 @sarahkliff It's absolutely okay Sara Matthews and Dylan Kliff, we all make mistakes sometimes.

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7 years

Repealing #ACA will mean 32 million people will lose their health care: #Jointsession

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If Republicans repeal #ACA , more people would be uninsured today than in 2009. #CoverageMatters

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6 years

As Congress plans their 2018 agenda – here’s an idea: #SNAP is a smart public investment that helps millions of families put food on the table. Strengthening it in 2018, not cutting it, is the way to go. #SOTU #HandsOff

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7 years

Can you tell the difference between Cassidy-Graham and the other #ACA repeal bills? We can't.

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7 years

It really is this simple: Under the AHCA these are pre-existing conditions. Do you & your family still qualify for healthcare? #KillTheBill

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6 years

The #GOPTaxPlan could cost as much as $2.2 trillion with no chance of it "paying for itself," as some claim:

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6 years

Today we're celebrating the anniversary of #SocialSecurity . Here are 10 facts you might not have known: #SocSec83

Policy Basics: Top Ten Facts about Social Security | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Eighty-seven years after President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935, Social Security remains one of the nation’s most successful, effective, and popular...

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6 years

Those who care about fiscal responsibility should take a closer look at the $1 trillion #GOPTaxPlan -- it comes nowhere close to paying for itself:

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7 years

Millionaires will get 20 times the amount of money back from tax cuts, than those with pre-existing conditions will get from health care.

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7 years

GOP's priorities: Cutting Medicaid & taking health care away from millions? ✔ Adding billions of $$ in tax cuts for the wealthiest? ✔

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7 years

. @AmericanCancer explains why Upton amendment could make House health bill worse -not better – for people w/ pre-existing health conditions.

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7 years

It's hard to overstate this -- Cassidy-Graham is worse than a straight-out repeal of the ACA:

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2 months

Congress should reconsider the corporate tax rate in the 2025 tax policy debate - a growing body of research shows that the corporate rate cut has delivered large gains to top earners but done little for everyone else.

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6 years

Alabama: doesn't expand #Medicaid Also Alabama: proposes work requirements for those on Medicaid Those on Medicaid: If I work more hours, my income will be too high to qualify for Medicaid and I'll lose my health care Alabama: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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7 years

House GOP tax bill excludes 10 million low-income children from the Child Tax Credit that is meant to help them:

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6 years

The Senate GOP tax bill would double the exemption of the estate tax which would give each of the 1,800 very largest estates a tax cut of $4.4 million per couple. You could send 1100 kids to college instead:

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7 years

#Republicans can't repeal #healthreform and keep current pre-existing condition protections: #RyanTownHall

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6 years

A President’s budget reflects his vision for America. New statement from @GreensteinCBPP : "Its treatment of poor Americans can fairly be described as savage." #TrumpBudget

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7 years

"Big Six" tax plan? It's the top 1% get roughly 50% of the tax cuts, and no concrete details for working families:

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6 years

The #2018FarmBill would take away SNAP benefits (food stamps) from an estimated 1 million people who do not receive disability benefits but have a work-limiting health condition, leaving them unable to feed themselves: #HandsOffSNAP

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7 years

Under the Senate bill, 22 million people will lose their health care. The 400 highest-income households will receive $33 billion in tax cuts

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7 years

House Republican health plan would shift $560B in Medicaid costs to states over 10 years: #ProtectOurCare

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7 years

. @nytimes ed board: "It is hard to overstate the cruelty of the Graham-Cassidy bill."

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5 years

Not only did Medicaid expansion save lives, but it also prevented housing evictions. Evictions fell about 20% in expansion vs. non-expansion states:

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11 months

This year, millions of kids will lose out on the full #ChildTaxCredit because their parents make too little. The lowest income families receive none at all. Expanding the #CTC to include these 19 MILLION kids should become our top #tax priority:

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6 years

The numbers of the #GOPTaxPlan speak for themselves: * $1 trillion cost * 13 million Americans without health care * 22.5 million households with incomes below $200,000 facing tax increases

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2 years

The numbers today tell an incredible story—and we'll shout it from the rooftops.

In Pandemic’s Second Year, Government Policies Helped Drive Child Poverty Rate to a Record Low, Cut...

Today’s Census figures show government policies prevented massively higher financial hardship and lack of health insurance in 2021.

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2 years

Stunning: The expanded CTC kept 5.3 million people above the poverty line in 2021, and drove child poverty to a new low, a new @CenterOnBudget report finds. The dramatic drop in child poverty in recent years is a big story. It confirms poverty is a choice.

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6 years

In no way does repealing the individual mandate benefit low- and moderate-income people:

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7 years

Trump's budget director continues to make falsehoods against #SocialSecurity Disability Insurance. We have the facts

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5 years

#TrumpBudget proposes large cuts across a broad swath of public services. While detailed budget figures are just coming out, topline agency funding levels show depth of cuts.

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4 years

Boosting #SNAP by just 15% in the next #COVID19 relief package would mean an extra $25 more per person per month during the public health & economic crises. This is a no-brainer. #SNAPMatters

The Case for Boosting SNAP Benefits in Next Major Economic Response Package | Center on Budget and...

Policymakers are appropriately considering additional stimulus measures in the face of mounting job losses and other dire economic signs due to COVID-19. A top item on their list should be raising...

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3 years

President-elect Biden's #CovidRelief proposal would extend a series of important relief measures that are slated to expire prematurely. It's responsible & substantial & would help millions of people.

Parrott: President-Elect Biden’s Relief Plan Meets Urgency of Health and Economic Crisis | Center...

President-elect Biden’s emergency relief proposal is a substantial, responsible plan that would significantly reduce the hardship that millions of people across the country are now facing.

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7 years

Fun fact: Cutting the corporate #tax rate is actually a terrible way to raise wages.

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Note that CBO, JCT, Treasury OTA, @TaxPolicyCenter all say only ~quarter or less of corporate taxes falls on workers

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4 years

Big news from us today - @GreensteinCBPP is stepping down as President at the end of 2020 after leading us for nearly four decades. A search for a new president will begin in January:

Robert Greenstein to Step Down at End of 2020 | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Robert Greenstein, founder and President of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), will step down on December 31, 2020 after nearly four decades directing the organization, CBPP announced...

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. @GreensteinCBPP unpacks how the #TrumpBudget would lead us to a new gilded age:

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Under Cassidy-Graham, states could allow insurance companies to charge people ⬆️ premiums based on health status:

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The Joint Committee on Taxation shows the tax cuts proposed in the House bill are overwhelmingly skewed to the top:

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7 years

There are real and lasting consequences with this bill. Unless you're a billionaire, this bill is a disaster for everyone.

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Trump says he wants to strengthen job training for American workers, yet his budget cuts the program by 40%. Sad.

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#TheAmericanRescuePlan , passed by Congress today, will lift 4.1 million children above the #poverty line — cutting the remaining number of children in poverty by more than 40%. That's some 1.2 million Black children & 1.7 million Latino children.

American Rescue Plan Act Will Help Millions and Bolster the Economy | Center on Budget and Policy...

The American Rescue Plan Act, which Congress has passed and President Biden is expected to sign on March 12, will provide needed help to tens of millions of people, reduce high levels of hardship,...

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— Poverty among Black children is estimated to decrease from 17.8% to 9.7%, according to a @centeronbudget analysis. — For Latinx children: 21.7% to 13.4% — For White children: from 7.9% to 4.6%

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Happy 50th birthday to #Medicaid ! 10 facts abt how it helps millions of people: http://t.co/PZ4vzTmqQy #Medicaidat50 http://t.co/I6sOwQgwJV

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6 years

CBO: Adding the individual mandate repeal to the House GOP tax plan would mean 13 million more uninsured Americans.

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7 years

The Senate GOP's $1.5 trillion tax cuts will have to be paid for. The vast majority of Americans will likely lose:

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4 years

Pres. Trump says his policies are helping the middle class. The reality is: from the 2017 tax law to his cuts to low-income programs, they have given large benefits to the wealthy & little or nothing to low- & moderate-income families: #CBPPSOTU #SOTU

2017 Tax Law Tilted Toward Wealthy and Corporations | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The 2017 tax law not only invites rampant tax sheltering and loses $1.9 trillion over ten years even as the baby boom moves deeper into retirement, but also suffers from a third fundamental flaw:...

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When the GOP says we need to cut #Medicaid to fix our deficit, but then proposes a $1.5 trillion tax cut:

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A2.1: #SNAP (formerly food stamps) is the nation’s most effective anti-hunger program and it helps millions of low-income families afford to put food on the table. #WellnessWed

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