CHN just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for articles on the Senate’s latest efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the House FY18 budget blueprint, House and Senate spending work, and efforts to repeal a new consumer financial protection rule. Click here for a…
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The Black Budget: Building a Trumpier America
Editor’s note: This post was written by Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel and Director of Income Support Policy at the National Women’s Law Center. It was originally published on NWLC’s blog on July 20. This week, House Budget Committee Chair Diane Black (R-TN) released a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2018 and beyond, titled…
The GOP on health care: Maybe they should quit while they’re behind?
Pop quiz: Question: What’s worse than the American Health Care Act (AHCA) of 2017, which passed the House on a 217-213 vote? Answer: The Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) of 2017. Question: What’s worse than the BCRA? Answer: The second version of the BCRA, which included “the Cruz amendment.” …
The People’s Filibuster to Stop #Trumpcare
Chanting “Cruz care is fake insurance!”, “Stand up! Fight back!”, and “Shame!”, hundreds of opponents of the Senate health care legislation rallied near the U.S. Capitol Monday. The “People’s Filibuster to Stop #Trumpcare” was organized by MoveOn, Planned Parenthood, SEIU and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The crowd…
Resources from around the Coalition: FY18 budget priorities edition
Editor’s note: The following blog post was written by Raquel Douglas, CHN’s Summer 2017 intern. One in four renter households unable to afford rent. Billions of dollars in cuts proposed to SNAP, rental assistance programs, job training grants, and a plethora of other programs vital to the quality of life of…
GOP budget would cause irreparable damage – but there is a way out
Editor’s note: The following op-ed by CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein appeared in The Hill Friday, July 14. Earlier this week, more than 1,500 local, state and national groups delivered a letter to Congress urging members to avoid draconian cuts in the fiscal year 2018 budget proposal advancing in the House. These…
Latest Version of Senate Health Care Bill Fundamentally the Same as Previous Versions
Editor’s note: This piece was written by Families USA’s Eliot Fishman, Senior Director of Health Policy, Dee Mahan, Director of Medicaid Initiatives, and Lydia Mitts, Associate Director of Affordability Initiatives. It was originally posted on Families USA’s blog on July 14. For more information, see this full analysis from Families…
Celebrate these heroes
On Tuesday, July 25, at 5:30pm, the Coalition on Human Needs will host our Human Needs Hero reception in Washington, DC. This is our only fundraiser of the year, and your support enables CHN to provide resources such as the Voices for Human Needs blog you are reading right now. This year CHN…
Working together to keep Congress’s #HandsOff
At the Coalition, we know the importance of working together and fighting for what’s right with one voice. The past few months have proven this to be true now more than ever. Marches and rallies in support of women’s rights, climate action, Medicaid and more, both here in D.C. and…
Latinos have much to lose under Senate GOP health care bill
Editor’s note: This piece was originally posted on the National Council of La Raza’s blog on June 23. As the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, the National Council of La Raza works to build a stronger America by creating opportunities for Latinos. NCLR is…
Why an attack on Medicaid is an attack on Maine’s people
Editor’s note: The following op-ed, by Dr. Cathleen London and CHN’s Deborah Weinstein, appears today in the Portland Press Herald. One of us is a doctor in Milbridge, battling on the front lines of the opioid epidemic. The other is executive director of a human needs advocacy group in Washington,…
This Independence Day, Americans Deserve Freedom From Riders
Editor’s note: The following guest blog post is authored by David Rosen, who serves as Press Officer, Regulatory Affairs, for Public Citizen. It’s a time honored American tradition. Every July Fourth, friends and families gather together for hot dogs and beer, flags and fireworks. But imagine if you went to…