Human Needs Watch: Why SNAP Cuts Hurt People and Must Not Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy- Words and Pictures
March 17, 2025
CHN Joins Civil Rights and Health Equity Groups to Release Report Showing that Extreme Medicaid Cuts in the House-passed Budget Will Harm Millions of People
March 13, 2025
Human Needs Watch: Why SNAP Cuts Hurt People and Must Not Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy- Words and Pictures
March 17, 2025
CHN Joins Civil Rights and Health Equity Groups to Release Report Showing that Extreme Medicaid Cuts in the House-passed Budget Will Harm Millions of People
March 13, 2025
‘I could never afford the medicines I get through Medicaid’
Kenan Heise,
March 3, 2017
Editor’s note: Congress is considering repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is debating major structural changes, and perhaps significant cuts, to Medicaid, which serves 74 million Americans. Voices for Human Needs is reaching out and telling the stories of those who could be harmed if the ACA is repealed without a...
Trump’s false promises
Deborah Weinstein,
March 2, 2017
Editor’s note: CHN’s response to President Trump’s Feb. 28 speech to Congress originally appeared in the Huffington Post on March 1. To hear the media describe it, we saw and heard a kinder, gentler Donald Trump at work Tuesday night. Addressing a joint session of Congress, he promised better health...
Fact of the Week: Number of Children Benefiting from Federal Low-Income Child Care Program at 17-Year Low
Lecia Imbery,
February 28, 2017
The number of children receiving child care funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) fell to a 17-year low, according to the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). The CCDBG is the primary source of federal funding for helping low-income families pay for child care, with...
This is the world of Ryancare
David Elliot,
February 24, 2017
Earlier this month, House Republicans unveiled what they described as a plan for “repealing and replacing” the Affordable Care Act. The plan, however is not really a plan. It comes with no price tag, no explanation of how many million Americans would lose their current coverage, of how much more...
A father’s message to Congress: ‘I cannot protect my son’s health, but you can’
David Elliot,
February 23, 2017
Editor’s note: Congress is considering repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is debating major structural changes, and perhaps significant cuts, to Medicaid, which serves almost 70 million Americans. Voices for Human Needs is reaching out and telling the stories of those who could be harmed if the ACA is...
