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Federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cause some DC-area families to lose an average of $187 in monthly benefits.
More Americans Are Filing for Retirement Benefits Earlier—Their Long-Term Retirement Security Could Suffer as a Result Claiming Social Security early reduces a person’s monthly benefit and can threaten their and their families’ economic security in the long term.Proposed Medicaid Cuts Could Jeopardize Health Care Access for 3 in 10 Young Adults Medicaid makes health care accessible to more than 2.7 million young adults in the US. Making it more difficult to apply for and maintain benefits could make it harder for young adults to successfully transition to adulthood.Improving How Policymakers and Researchers Measure Policy Outcomes and Fairness More policy actors are using equity assessments to estimate how policies could affect communities who have been historically disadvantaged. Shared definitions of key concepts and approaches will make these tools easier to use.More-Frequent Medicaid Redeterminations Would Reduce Health Insurance Coverage and Increase Administrative Costs Redetermining Medicaid expansion enrollment twice a year would reduce health insurance coverage for those eligible and create more administrative hassles for enrollees, state agencies, health plans, and providers.The Administration’s Budget Calls for Federal Housing Cuts, but States and Localities Can’t Solve the Housing Crisis Alone Although states and localities have started allocating more funds toward affordable housing development, they won’t be able to address the existing need without federal funding.The Road to Affordable and Stable Housing Starts with a Comprehensive Federal Housing Package The ROAD to Housing Act could be the first step toward a robust, federal policy package to address the affordable housing crisis. But more data, evidence, and financial investment will be needed to drive this home.
