Monthly Archives: August 2012
- CHN: Medicaid Expansion Favorable for States, Yet Some Still Refuse to Cooperate
On June 28, the Supreme Court made an historic decision: they upheld the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act. This news came with a bitter pill for low-income advocates, however – that states now have the option to refuse to expand Medicaid to cover people with incomes up to 133 percent of the poverty line, choosing to forego federal funds provided to them for this purpose. Read More »
Posted in Health, Health Care Reform, Medicaid Comments Off - CHN: Congress Leaves Without Passing Farm Bill
Article from the August 7, 2012 edition of the CHN Human Needs Report: Congress left for the August recess without coming to agreement on a Farm Bill. The current 5-year bill is set to expire on September 30th. That leaves the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) funding and other farm Read More »
Posted in Child Nutrition, Food and Nutrition, SNAP Comments Off - CHN: The House Says Yes to Extra Tax Breaks for the Wealthiest; the Senate Says No; House Also Votes for Fast Track Procedures to Slash Taxes by Trillions
Article from the August 7, 2012 edition of the CHN Human Needs Report: If the Bush-era tax cuts on income over $250,000 are allowed to expire, married couples with income in the $1 – 2 million income range will still receive about $8,800 in income tax cuts in 2013. But they won’t receive more than Read More »
Posted in Tax Policy Comments Off - CHN: Congressional Leaders and Administration Agree on 6-Month Spending Outline; But Automatic Spending Cuts and Tax Increases Still Loom
Article from the August 7, 2012 edition of the CHN Human Needs Report: As the October 1 start of the new fiscal year draws near, Congress has set forth a path to avert what has become an annual question: “Will they (Congress) allow the government to shut down?” Democrats and the Administration have endorsed the Read More »
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