The cost-sharing requirements on beneficiaries above the federal poverty line is the most notable item in a menu of Medicaid cuts seen by the Prospect.
Poverty & Wealth
Posted inEducation in America
Republicans Opt to Make Education an Upper-Class Privilege
The goal is to save money on higher-education assistance to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
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A May Day for the Age of Trump and Oligarchy
Today on TAP: On Thursday, a diverse set of demonstrators will focus on working-class rights and concerns.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Republican Budget Plan: Snatch Food From the Mouths of Hungry Children
SNAP cuts are ‘going to have a massive shock wave across the country, and everybody will feel it.’
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Trump’s Tariffs: Borne Back Ceaselessly Into a Past That Never Was
Today on TAP: Rebuilding manufacturing? It’s more about humiliating every other world leader, and keeping his own taxes low.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires
A handful of rich guys will burn human society to the ground rather than pay a dime in tax.
Posted inTAP
Bezos’s New Editorial Team: All the President’s Men
Today on TAP: The primary goal of the Post’s new editorial policy is to protect the owner’s wealth.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trump’s DEI Purge Sweeps Up Race-Neutral Environmental Justice Program
The administration’s indiscriminate attacks on so-called ‘DEI’ will also harm his own base.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump Attacks Child Care for the Most Vulnerable
It turns out that you can’t just turn the government off and then back on again.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Onion of Kensington
The American dream collides with tragedy in a historic, largely immigrant community in Philadelphia that’s one of the epicenters of the nation’s fentanyl crisis.