Budget Policy & Priorities
Friday, May 10, 2024
Poll: Rural AZ voters not a 'cultural monolith'
Arizona's primary election will take place in July, and a new Rural Democracy Initiative poll shows that likely voters from rural areas of the state …
Friday, May 10, 2024
More than 300,000 Georgia kids lose health coverage post-COVID
More than 300,000 children have been dropped from Medicaid and Peach Care for kids since the pandemic ended. A report from the Georgetown University …
Thursday, May 9, 2024
New poll outlines rural voter priorities, but party labels cloud results
President Joe Biden was in Wisconsin on Wednesday, touting plans for a new Microsoft data center. The visit comes amid new polling data in …
Thursday, May 9, 2024
UT among largest percentage declines in Medicaid, CHIP enrollment
A new report from Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families showed Utah is one of the states to see the largest percentage declines in …
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Union coalition calls for CA worker climate bill of rights
Dozens of union members rallied Wednesday in Sacramento, calling on lawmakers to pass a set of bills called the California Worker Climate Bill of …
Thursday, May 9, 2024
SC scrambles to re-enroll kids dropped off post-COVID Medicaid rolls
More than 65,000 children in South Carolina have lost their health insurance through Medicaid, despite being eligible for coverage, according to a …
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Medicaid 'unwinding' leaves thousands of LA children without coverage
More than 56,000 children in Louisiana have lost their health insurance through Medicaid last year, despite being eligible for coverage, according to …
Thursday, May 9, 2024
New poll shows rural voters aren't pigeonholed on key topics
Former President Donald Trump is expected to appear at a Minnesota fundraising event later this month. It comes amid new polling data in battleground …
Thursday, May 9, 2024
MT sees nation's highest percentage of kids losing Medicaid
More than 4 million children nationwide were removed from Medicaid and CHIP health coverage by the end of 2023 as the government reset the programs af…
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Report: 86,101 Colorado children removed from Medicaid insurance rolls
More than 4 million children in the U.S. lost their health insurance after automatic Medicaid coverage renewals enacted during the COVID public …
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Report: AR among top states for children losing health coverage post-COVID
A new report showed the number of children covered by Medicaid varies widely between states as pandemic-era protections were lifted, with Arkansas …
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Ohio among top states for number of kids kicked off Medicaid, CHIP
More than 120,000 Ohio kids have been disenrolled from Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP, and most were removed for …