Center on Budget and Policy Priorities2dOpinion
SNAP Food Assistance Is a Sound Investment in Our Nation’s Health, Well-Being, and Economy
Food is an essential human need. The United States has the resources to ensure everyone has enough to eat and no one goes ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities2dOpinion
Republican Agenda’s “Triple Threat” to Low- and Moderate-Income Family Well-Being
This three-part agenda — legislation, executive action, and tariffs — will reduce the living standards and raise costs for ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3d
Kenny Palmer
Kenny Palmer is the Senior Manager of Media Relations on the Communications team. He assists with media strategies to promote the Center’s research and analysis and grows the Center's national media ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3dOpinion
Lessons From Unwinding Offer Opportunities to Streamline Medicaid, Improve Efficiency
More than 25 million people have lost Medicaid since unwinding began, about 69 percent of them for procedural reasons — not ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3dOpinion
New Budget Resolution Is Upside Down, Hurting Families the President Pledged to Serve to Shower Tax Cuts on the Wealthy and Powerful
Congress is speeding down a path to a deeply harmful budget and tax “reconciliation” bill that showers tax cuts on ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3d
SNAP Helps 1.2 Million Veterans With Low Incomes, Including Thousands in Every State
About 1.2 million veterans live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps).[1] Thousands of veterans in every state — ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities4d
Proposed ACA Marketplace Rule Would Raise Health Care Costs for Millions of Families
Millions of people would pay higher premiums, deductibles, and other health costs under rule changes the Trump Administration ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities5d
Sweeping Federal Worker Layoffs Leave States Reeling
Communities across the country have been reeling in recent weeks as billionaire Elon Musk, the DOGE team he leads, and the Trump Administration broadly continue their campaign of sweeping and ...