For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.720.8682 (Charleston, WV) - A new ACA repeal bill would cut West Virginia's federal funding for health coverage by $284 million by 2026, according to a report released today by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Congressional Republicans' efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have failed in…
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For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.720.8682 A new analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reveals a federal tax reform plan based on President Trump's April outline would fail to deliver on its promise of largely helping middle-class taxpayers, showering 61.4 percent of the total tax cut on the richest 1 percent nationwide. In…
For Immediate Releas e Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.720.8682 - West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Executive Director Ted Boettner issued this statement in response to the latest Senate health bill: Senate Republican leaders have released a "new" version of their health bill that fixes none of the original Senate bill's core problems for West…
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304-720-8682 (Charleston, WV) - Senate Republicans are considering a health care bill that would hit West Virginia harder than almost any other state, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. PDF news release. Read the report. Under the Senate Republican bill, 218,000 West Virginians would…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304-720-8682 This West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy report, West Virginia Economy Would Suffer Under Proposed Health Care Plans, breaks down the economic gains the state has experienced since the passage of the Affordable Care Act and the devastating impacts its repeal could have in West Virginia, specifically…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.720.8682 (Charleston, WV) - WVCBP Executive Director Ted Boettner released the following statement on regarding the state's budget impasse: "At this critical point with just 15 days left before a government shutdown, it is imperative budget discussions move beyond initiating major changes to the state's tax system and focus…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.720.8682 President Trump's budget proposal would shift a significant share of the cost of the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program's (SNAP, previously known as Food Stamps) benefits to states and, for the first time, allow states to cut SNAP benefits, seriously threatening SNAP's extraordinary long-term success in reducing severe…
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Caitlin Cook, 304.720.8682 New Reports Show Similar Approach Under Consideration in Senate Would Shift Massive Costs to West Virginia and Harm West Virginians - The health bill passed by the House would effectively end the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) expansion of Medicaid and cause millions to lose coverage, according to a new…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304-720-8682 (Charleston, WV) WVCBP Executive Director Ted Boettner released the following statement on the release of President Donald Trump's budget: "President Trump's budget makes it clear - he is betraying many of the West Virginians who helped put him in office and struggled to make ends meet. He is…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304-720-8682 President Trump's budget slashes nutrition, health care, and other important assistance that helps hundreds of thousands of West Virginians meet basic living standards – food on the table, a roof over their heads, and access to health care – while giving new tax breaks to the wealthy and…