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February 9, 2026
Medicaid’s Multiple Roles
…(ESI) and the ACA markets to allow for less disruptive transitions when individuals get better paying jobs. The enrollment systems for each of these platforms should be coordinated and easier…
February 2, 2026
Poverty and Dependency in the United States, 1939–2023
…using the 1940, 1950 and 1960 Decennial Censuses through imputations of taxes and transfers as well as certain forms of market income including perquisites (Collins and Wanamaker 2022), consistent with…
January 22, 2026
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Should Not Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parents
…has forgone $20,000 in market income to provide what is equivalent to $20,000 in childcare services to the household. For Family 2, the second earner chooses to earn $20,000 in…
December 23, 2025
If you care about poverty, ditch the ACA expanded subsidies
…the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and marketplace exchange subsidies. Using the Census Bureau’s HIPM, in 2024 the marketplace subsidies (including the ACA enhanced subsidies available in that year) brought…
December 23, 2025
The Policy Lessons from Minnesota’s Massive Welfare Fraud
…the whole welfare state is vestigial, ossified, calcified, that if somebody just kicked it, it would fall apart. Nobody wants it anymore. It has to have some free market substitute, incentives.” Fundamental…
December 11, 2025
Trump Family Policy Fails to Deliver at the One-Year Mark
When President Trump tapped J.D. Vance as his pick for Vice President, it seemed likely that the second Trump administration would place special emphasis on family policy. Prior to his…
December 9, 2025
Has Marriage Fallen Because Young Adults Can’t Afford Homes?
…bubble, may be an unrealistic benchmark. In part, it reflected the interaction of the sustained high inflation of the 1970s with tax policy, which reduced the cost of owning relative to renting….
November 25, 2025
Congress should restore local autonomy over homeless aid
…Communities vary in other ways as well, with different housing markets, mental health resources, mainstream supports, and cultural values. What works best will vary drastically across communities, in ways that…
November 20, 2025
When help holds families back
One of the central contradictions in American politics today is that, despite decades of measurable progress for low-income families – marked by declining poverty rates, rising household incomes, and greater…
November 19, 2025
Real Estate Red Flag: How Hidden Blue-State Policies are Pricing Out Homeowners
…couldn’t afford their payments and fell into default or delinquency. Not only were global markets pulled into collapse, but neighbors of those lured into ownership by easy credit were harmed…