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Op-Ed
The Ongoing Battle to Defend Welfare Reform
…CTC to a child allowance. Democrats’ attempts to make the policy permanent later that year failed, but just barely. As the fight over the policy neared its climax, more than…
Op-Ed
Microfinance Failures
…Development; the governments of Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands; the U.S. Agency for International Development; and the Ford Foundation. Those institutions did not insist upon repayment in the manner of for-profit…
Commentary
Zoning Creates Not Just a Housing Affordability Problem, but a Childcare Affordability Problem Too
…other areas of regulatory and zoning reform, reforms in this area should take place at the state level for maximum impact. State pre-emption of zoning is the gold standard, in…
Blog Post
Chairman Smith Is Right About the Need for a Site-Neutral Policy in Medicare
…that is closest to the patients to determine how to allocate the available resources, which by necessity must be limited, in a manner that maximizes the health benefits for patients….
COSM Commentary
Understanding the Recent Declines in SNAP Participation
…disruptions had largely ended. The sustained SNAP increase coincided with several policy decisions, including waiving work requirements, temporarily increasing benefits through September 2021, and a permanent increase in the maximum…
Blog Post
Refocusing the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on Achieving Deep Cost Reductions
…should make maximum use of a powerful existing tool—the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, or CMMI—to cut health entitlement expenditures. In 1980, combined federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid was…
Op-Ed
No, It Doesn’t Make Sense to Give Cash to a Drug-Abusing Parent
…when you’re going to see them again,” Max Selver told Gothamist. Selver, the lawyer representing Meredith Trainor in a federal lawsuit filed last week against the city’s Administration for Children’s Services for…
Commentary
Time Limits and Work Requirements Would Improve Subsidized Housing Programs
…deep and long-lasting. In the voucher program, recipient families pay 30% of their monthly income toward rent, and the federal government pays the rest, up to a maximum rent level…
Blog Post
Tariffs Cannot Fully Replace the Income Tax
…taxable imports by 95 percent, leaving little for tariffs to tax. Even a tariff calibrated to maximize revenue would still fall short. At an elasticity of -2.5, the revenue-maximizing effective…
Commentary
Young Men’s Earnings over the Long Run – An Update
…have reduced the burdens on men to maximize their earnings in order to bear the responsibilities of breadwinning. This lessened responsibility, in turn, has reduced men’s incentives to invest in…
Commentary
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Should Not Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parents
…dependent adults unable to care for themselves). The maximum eligible childcare cost is $3,000 for a family with one child and $6,000 for a family with two or more children….
Commentary
Major Changes Coming to SNAP in 2026
…those who were previously living in an area that received a waiver of work requirements. The OBBBA expanded the maximum age of non-disabled SNAP adults subject to work requirements from…