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Research Note: Senate Bill Would Cut Medicaid Funding to Penalize States Providing Own Health Coverage to Certain Immigrants
The Senate Finance Committee released a bill that would take significant federal funds away from states with certain programs ...
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Tracking Senate Action on Tax and Budget Reconciliation Plan
The Senate is beginning to consider Republican leadership’s tax and budget reconciliation legislation. Follow this space for ...
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Social Security Trust Funds Would Be on Stronger Footing If Not for Trump Economic, Immigration Policies
Social Security trustees’ report projects that the Social Security Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability trust fund reserves ...
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Research Note: Expanded Work Requirements in Senate Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Take Away Food Assistance From Millions: State Estimates
One of the harshest cuts in the Senate Agriculture Committee reconciliation proposal would take food assistance away from ...
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Research Note: Workers in Broad Range of Occupations at Risk of Having Their Coverage Taken Away by Medicaid Work Requirements
Congressional Republicans are considering legislation that would take Medicaid coverage away from people who can’t document ...
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2025 Budget Impacts: House Bill Would Cut Assistance and Raise Costs for Veterans
House Republicans’ budget reconciliation legislation would take away health coverage and food assistance from many millions ...
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Research Note: 5 Million Small Business Owners and Self-Employed Workers Likely Enrolled in ACA Marketplace in 2025
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces are a key source of coverage for small business owners and self-employed workers, ...
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House Republican Reconciliation Bill Would Harm Rural Households, Communities, and Economies
The House Republican reconciliation bill now before the Senate would harm rural households by taking away health coverage and ...
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Nebraska’s Surplus Turns to Shortfall After Tax Cuts and One-Time Windfall Fades
Nebraska lawmakers entered the 2023 session with a record $1.9 billion budget surplus — equal to nearly 17 percent of this year’s total budget. Today, that surplus ...
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2025 Budget Impacts: House Bill Would Cut Assistance and Raise Costs for People With Disabilities
House Republicans’ budget reconciliation legislation would take away health coverage and food assistance from many millions ...
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House Republican Bill Would Impose a One-Size-Fits-All Medicaid Work Mandate on States
A provision taking health coverage away from people who can’t meet or regularly document they meet a work requirement or ...
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Research Note: Who Are the Parents and Caregivers of School-Aged Children at Increased Risk of Hunger Under House Republican Bill?
The House Republicans’ reconciliation bill now before the Senate would cut SNAP by nearly $300 billion through 2034, a ...