CBPP Comprehensive Reports and Blog Posts

In just 15 months, the Trump Administration has pushed out more than 8,000 Social Security Administration (SSA) workers — causing SSA’s largest one-year staffing reduction on record.

Addressing program benefit cliffs requires additional resources to provide a longer, slower down-ramp in benefits, rather than an abrupt drop, as earnings rise.

The Trump Administration’s final rule implementing the new Medicaid work requirement makes major, last-minute policy shifts that will likely increase the number of people who are denied or lose health coverage due to the requirement, while stymieing states’ ability to implement it on time.

The Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress have adopted policies that adversely impact people of all races, including Black individuals and families.

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, and food assistance. On the federal budget, Sam Berger and Devin O’Connor warned the Trump Administration’s creation of a $1.776 billion politically directed slush fund — sidestepping Congress and the courts —flagrantly disregards the law to serve President Trump’s personal ends at taxpayers’ expense. On health, Far...