Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

House SCHIP Bill Would Provide Health Insurance to 4.1 Million Uninsured Children

By 2013, 4.1 million children who would otherwise be uninsured would have health care coverage under children’s health insurance legislation that the House is scheduled to consider today. About 3.4 million of the 4.1 million children who would gain coverage are children who are already eligible under their states' current eligibility limits but remain uninsured. Read more

States and the Weak Economy:

States Imposing Cuts That Hurt Vulnerable Residents

At least 33 states have made or proposed budget cuts that threaten vital services, including health care and education.

State Budget Problems Worsen

Combined [state] budget gaps for the remainder of this fiscal year and ... fiscal years 2010 and 2011 are estimated to total more than $350 billion."
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Additional Background:
Understanding the Center's State Budget Estimates
Most States Are Cutting Education
Policy Points: Overview of States and the Weak Economy
Revenue Numbers Plummet

Nicholas Johnson

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You often hear that the poor and working people don't have a voice in Washington...As it turns out, this bit of conventional wisdom is wrong for one reason: Bob Greenstein and his crew at the Center..."

Washington Post Columnist Steven Pearlstein's profile of the Center

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