No one should be forced to choose between taking care of their health or paying for other basic needs, like food or utilities ...

Funding for programs structured as block grants tends to shrink significantly over time, an investigation of several decades ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is overwhelming its local offices by forcing millions more people to seek in-person ...

House Republicans’ budget reconciliation legislation would cut assistance that helps children in families with low incomes get enough to eat, see a doctor when they are sick, and in other ways meet ...

A proposal by the Trump Administration to cut off rental assistance after two years even if participants still can’t afford ...

President Trump’s proposal to rescind $9.4 billion in previously approved spending, which the Senate is expected to vote on this week, is a bad idea for several reasons, as noted in a recent ...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a high-caliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. It has ...

The House Republican reconciliation bill would impose massive cuts in food assistance, health care coverage, and other supports for people with low incomes and singles out immigrants with lawful ...

For more than 25 years, Presidents and Congresses of both parties have adhered to a commitment to provide enough funding for the WIC program — the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, ...

The amount of health care cuts and the number of people losing coverage and becoming uninsured are expected to grow as House Republicans make changes in preparation of bringing the bill to the House ...

The House-passed Republican reconciliation plan would cut nearly $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through 2034, based on Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ...

One part of congressional Republicans’ plan to take Medicaid away from people in the House Energy & Commerce Committee bill is an ill-advised and unnecessary proposal requiring Medicaid enrollees in ...