HARRISBURG – Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, released the following analysis of how recently-released House GOP proposal, the “American Health Care Act,” would affect Pennsylvanians: The health care legislation introduced by the House Republicans late … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/03/03/never-afford-medicines-get-medicaid/#.WLm2JG8rIdU By Kenan Heise March 3, 2017 Editor’s note: Congress is considering repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is debating major structural changes, and perhaps significant cuts, to Medicaid, which serves 74 million Americans. Voices for Human Needs is reaching … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/february/impact-repeal-number-insured-pennsylvanians Feb 06, 2017 02:12 pm | John Neurohr The below blog post is take from the PBPC report, “Devastation, Death, and Deficits: The Impact of ACA Repeal on Pennsylvania.” The first, and most important, aim of the … Continued
The Washington Post, July 11, 2016 According to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, 46 percent of child-care workers in 2015 were part of families enrolled in at least one safety net program like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance … Continued
Washington Post By Jared Bernstein March 28 Jared Bernstein, a former chief economist to Vice President Biden, is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and author of the new book ‘The Reconnection Agenda: Reuniting Growth and Prosperity.’ … Continued