Friday’s Five Fast Facts about Federal Priorities: What’s Been Happening in Washington, DC, this Week | February 17, 2023
During the difficult three years since the arrival of COVID-19, Americans have been aided by federal policies and programs...
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STATEMENT: Senate Democrats Pass Inflation Reduction Act To Lower Drug Prices, Make Health Care and Energy Costs More Affordable
For Immediate Release: August 7, 2022 Contact: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennbpc.org Senate Democrats Pass Inflation Reduction Act...
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STATEMENT: U.S. House Passage of ‘Build Back Better’ Advances Transformational Investments in U.S. Jobs, Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kirstin Snow; snow@pennbpc.org; 215.510.9336 STATEMENT: U.S. House Passage of ‘Build Back Better’ Advances Transformational Investments...
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RELEASE: PA Legislative Leader, Policy Experts, & Residents Impacted by COVID Crisis Call for Senate Action on Relief Package
July 23, 2020 Pennsylvania Legislative Leader, Policy Experts, & Residents Impacted by COVID Crisis Call for Senate Action...
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MEMO FROM STATE LEGISLATORS: Federal Pandemic Relief and Recovery to State Governments
MEMO TO: The United States Congressional Delegation from Pennsylvania FROM: Members of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania DATE: Monday,...
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Trump Makes the States a Medicaid Offer They Must Refuse
Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would encourage states to apply for waivers...
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NEW REPORT: Medicaid Expansion Has Averted an Estimated 369 Deaths a Year of Near-Elderly Low-Income Individuals in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG – New evidence shows that 1,467 lives were saved in the four years since Medicaid was expanded in...
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Complicated Work Requirements Will Upend SNAP as a Stabilizing Force for Those in Crisis
Over the last couple months, we at the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center have been holding community conversations to...
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“Work Requirements” and the Political Appeal of Cruelty
We at PBPC are engaged in a major effort to push back against legislation in the PA General Assembly...
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Pennsylvania to Expand Medicaid Beyond Healthy PA
Yesterday, the Wolf administration announced that it is changing the state’s course on Medicaid expansion. Under Governor Corbett, Pennsylvania...
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Expanding Medicaid: Close the Budget Gap. Check. Insure Thousands of Pennsylvanians. Check.
As lawmakers continue debating how to close a $1.5 billion budget gap, there is a particularly valuable and compassionate...
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More Bark than Bite: Feds Back Pennsylvania’s Gross Receipts Tax after Inspector General Report
CMS Is Not Asking for Its Money Back A report issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at...
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