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  • Child Health

    The fight continues over the Affordable Care Act

    It was a busy week for healthcare! House Democrats introduced the “Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019” which would protect health coverage for more than 50 million people with pre-existing conditions, extend coverage to millions more, and make plans sold through the health insurance marketplaces more affordable.

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  • Child Poverty

    Americans want an end to the affordable housing crisis

    Faced with rising rents and a lack of affordable housing across the country, four out of five Americans believe it’s time for Congress to “take major action” to make housing more affordable for low-income families, according to a new poll released today by Opportunity Starts at Home.

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  • Child Health

    Victory for families: Judge blocks Medicaid work requirements

    Yesterday U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled against the Trump Administration's approval of section 1115 Medicaid waivers in both Kentucky and Arkansas that included work requirements and other changes that will result in cuts to Medicaid coverage.

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  • Child Poverty

    The Trump budget is bad for children

    In a moment of great prosperity, a little more than a year after giving away $2 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy, the President has offered a draconian budget that would leave more children hungry, unhoused and uninsured.

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  • Child Poverty

    Giving credit where credit is due: A look at tax credits

    This explainer identifies common tax credit lingo and will focus on two popular tax credits that make a substantial difference in children’s lives: the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC).

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  • Health

    Medicaid Work Requirements Will Harm Children

    Medicaid is a powerful anti-poverty tool that helps struggling parents get ahead by providing access to health coverage that can help them provide and care for their families. It ensures coverage to 37 million low-income children and children with disabilities. Nearly half of all births are covered by Medicaid. Despite Medicaid’s success, the growing number of never-before allowed waivers allowing states to require recipients to work will harm children as parents and caregivers lose the health coverage they need to work and care for their children.

  • Health

    Letter to Sec. Azar on the Impact of Work Requirements on Parents and Families

    CDF joined other national organizations to express our concern about the possibility of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMW) approving pending section 1115 waiver requests to impose work-reporting requirements on very low-income parents and caregivers covered by Medicaid. Approval of these requests would be extremely harmful to very vulnerable children and their families and would directly contradict the objectives of the Medicaid program.