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With 'Carefully Calculated Strategy' to Slash Safety Net Underway, White House Claims War on Poverty 'Largely Over'

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'Vindictive and Cruel': After Work Requirements Struck Down, GOP Governor Cancels Dental and Vision for 460,000 in Kentucky

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"After a federal judge blocked Kentucky's gutting of Medicaid, which would throw 95,000 off coverage, the governor responded with a Trumpian tantrum."

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Citing 'Deprivation' They Would Cause, Federal Judge Blocks Kentucky's Trump-Backed Medicaid Work Requirements

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Medicaid Kentucky

"Today's win means that nearly 100,000 Kentucky residents will continue to be...

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'To Make It Easier to Screw the Poor,' Trump Wants to Massively Reorganize Federal Government

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Provisions of this "closely guarded" plan reportedly include merging the...

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'Morally Bankrupt': After Tax Cuts for Richest, House GOP Unveils $5.4 Trillion Attack on Nation's Safety Net

Though White Americans Benefit Most From Social Safety Net, Study Shows How Racial Resentment Can Fuel Welfare Opposition

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Imposed Work Requirements Taint Medicaid Expansion Victory in Virginia

Message to Immigrants in Trump's Latest 'Hardhearted' Proposal: If You're Poor, Now or Ever, You Don't Belong

With Tax Scam Complete, GOP Caucus Unveils Insane Budget Blueprint to Attack Safety Net

"Medicaid work requirements will almost certainly cause many low-income adults to lose health coverage," the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds. (Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/flickr/cc)

New Analyses Suggest Trump Admin Really Just Wants to Push Millions of Medicaid Recipients Off Care

In Ploy to 'Force' Deep Safety Net Cuts, GOP Reportedly Planning Vote on Balanced Budget Amendment

Most in US Like Candidates Who Want to Expand—Not Cut—Safety Net: Poll

'Needless and Ideologically-Driven Cruelty': Arkansas to Become First State to Implement Trump's Assault on Medicaid

160 Groups Oppose Trump Medicaid Policy That 'Cruelly Punishes and Stigmatizes Low-Income People'

'Morally Bankrupt' Budget: After $1.5 Trillion Gift to Rich, Trump Demands $1.7 Trillion in Safety Net Cuts

Celebrations as Oregon Voters Approve Tax Hike to Cover Medicaid Expansion

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Americans for Tax Fairness

130 National Organizations Urge Congress To Oppose “Round 2” of Trump-GOP Tax Cuts

Social Security Works

Social Security and Medicare Are Alive. Paul Ryan is (Politically) Dead.

Social Security Works

Conor Lamb's Victory Shows that Democrats Win By Fighting for Social Security and Medicare...

National Nurses United

Proposed Trump Budget Cuts Will Devastate Healthcare Programs and Harm Most Vulnerable Patients

Jubilee USA Network

New Law Provides Disaster Relief and Medicaid Funds for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands

Public Citizen

Medicaid Work Requirements: Cruel, Stupid and Illegal

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Anna Bailey

Trump Policies Threaten Housing-Health Integration for People With Mental Health Conditions

Rebecca Vallas

Tennessee Wants to Use Funding Meant for Poor Families to Kick People Off Medicaid

Judith Solomon

Arkansas’ Harsh Medicaid Work Requirement Jeopardizes Recent Progress

Paul Buchheit

America's Richest 2% Made More Money in 2017 than the Cost of the Entire Safety Net

Jamila Michener

How Trump’s Medicaid Restrictions Will Stop People From Voting

Angela Hanks

Paul Ryan’s Push for Workforce Development Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Robert Reich

The Next Big Fight: Saving Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security from Massive Cuts

Shawn Fremstad

No, Forced Labor Is Not Good for Your Health

LeeAnn Hall

Trump’s Gift for the Unemployed: Kicking Them Off Health Care

Jared Bernstein

A New Year’s Resolution for the Media: Do Not Let Republicans Get Away With Saying ‘Reforms’ When They Mean ‘Cuts’

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