Perhaps you've seen the news. State officials this month released new projections showing a continued — and worrying — drop in revenue. So many numbers, so much spin. How to make sense of it all? We're here to help. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

If there’s one thing everybody agrees on, it’s that the tax cuts the Legislature has passed over the last handful of years were definitely going to reduce state revenue. That was the line yesterday from REC members, who met to sign off on new revenue projections.

Our statement on passage of the federal reconciliation bill www.commongoodiowa.org/policy-areas...

The U.S. is debating the federal budget bill, which will cut thousands of Iowans off #Medicaid and SNAP, right now. How many people are at risk of losing health care and food assistance in your county? Explore our interactive data tool here: www.commongoodiowa.org/data/medicai...

Iowa is home to two of those House Rs who could make all the difference.

Senate Rs voted to pass a bill that wld raise food & health care costs on families, increase hunger & take health coverage away from millions of ppl while doubling down on tax cuts for the wealthy. House Rs must stand up for their communities & reject it. www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

The Senate version of the Medicaid work requirement in the "OBBB" doubles down and worsens a bad policy advanced by the House. It also gives the Trump Administration enormous leverage to protect their Governor friends and punish their enemies. 🧵

Rural fund is thus a "fig leaf" to placate R Senators concerned about #Medicaid cuts. It's small/capped, temporary while the cuts are permanent, poorly targeted, gives discretion to Trump Admin to send $ to favored states, and may not even go to help rural hospitals actually hurt by the cuts (8/x)

Every major bill language release is happening under the cover of night. Tracks since the bill is so unpopular. Are Senators really going to set millions of families backwards by taking health coverage & food asst away from them? Is that why they got into politics? Really?

We don't yet have a Congressional Budget Office score for the Senate's version of the budget reconciliation bill. But, if I had to guess, the Medicaid cuts will be larger than the $793 billion in the House bill.

The truth is clear — the Senate Republican reconciliation bill will hurt people in every state if enacted. Senators who vote for it are responsible for its impact ⬇️

97,000 people equals nearly the entire population of the city of Davenport or Dubuque County. These are not modest cuts -- they will hurt every community in our state.

House Republicans passed a budget that would kick millions of children and seniors off their health care, gut SNAP food assistance and more. Any member of Congress who votes for this bill is voting to betray working people—and we won’t forget. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

CBO data & other analyses make the House R agenda’s harmful impact crystal clear: it would raise costs on millions of families across the country, making it harder for them to meet basic needs — while showering ever larger tax breaks on the wealthy. www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

The House of Representatives, the people elected to protect Americans and our children, have voted to sacrifice babies for billionaires.

Overnight, the U.S. House passed a budget bill that would slash Medicaid, SNAP and the ACA marketplace -- and shower the wealthiest Americans with big tax breaks. Read Executive Director Anne Discher's statement here: www.commongoodiowa.org/policy-areas...

The House Republican bill would give huge tax breaks to wealthy individuals, businesses, and large corporations while leaving behind or raising costs for millions of working families. Here are some of the impacts: www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

The breakdown of the Republican tax cuts are in. If your household makes over $1 million, you'll get a $90,000 tax break. If you're in the bottom 20% of income-earners, you'll get $90 and have your healthcare and food assistance cut. Make it make sense.

An under-appreciated aspect of a Medicaid work requirement is the enormous administrative expense involved in managing reporting by enrollees of their work hours or eligibility for an exemption.

The SNAP cuts have grown from a more than 20% cut to SNAP to a roughly 30% cut to SNAP. The biggest cut to food assistance in history is just getting bigger.

Iowa’s already tapping surpluses — to the tune of $900 million — to balance next year’s budget!

Medicaid cuts in the House E & C Cmte bill would take health coverage away from millions by slashing hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds. Loss of coverage means diseases go untreated & families face exorbitant medical debt.🧵 energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...

Medicaid ensures our child care workforce has access to the health care they need. Massive cuts to Medicaid would put this important lifeline at risk. Read a new brief from NAEYC, @clasp.org, and @georgetownccf.bsky.social: bit.ly/42ZZHMl

Are you the one we're looking for? Common Good Iowa seeks a full-time senior policy advocate to lead the organization’s work promoting equitable tax policy and adequate revenue for public services. Learn more here: www.commongoodiowa.org/about/were-h...

No one on #Medicaid is safe from harmful cuts proposed by Congressional Republicans, but they seem most focused on taking coverage away from low-income adults who gained access to Medicaid under the ACA—a remarkable success that cut Iowa's uninsured rate in half.

Over 180,000 Iowans depend on Medicaid expansion for the health care they need to take care of themselves and stay in the workforce. Proposals in Congress would shift expansion costs to the state, likely giving Iowa lawmakers the opening to drop coverage for this group altogether.

NEW POLL from top Trump pollster show that the overwhelming majority of Americans support Medicaid, including a whopping 78% of Trump voters! No matter where you come from or who you voted for, Americans agree that we must protect access to affordable health care. #HandsOffMedicaid ow.ly/kR4250VGls3

"[I]magine if hundreds of our friends and neighbors, some with serious illnesses, lose their health insurance or care center coverage. There aren’t enough fish fries and bake sales to possibly pay bills for so many people." www.thegazette.com/guest-column...

Low-income workers who are covered by Medicaid are generally in jobs that don't provide health benefits. Without Medicaid, they'd be uninsured.

Iowa’s uninsured rate among adults dropped in half when the state expanded Medicaid in 2014!

Head Start! And LIHEAP, too! Dreadful.

The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich. THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no. Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.

The House and the Senate have now passed a budget resolution that implies big, but unspecified, cuts to Medicaid. Now they'll have to get specific about the cuts. Changes to health care rarely get more popular when the details get filled in.

191,000 people in Iowa's 4th District depend on Medicaid and SNAP to get the health care they need and put food on the table. Call Rep. Feenstra at (202) 225-4426 and tell him to prioritize Iowans' well-being over tax cuts for the rich.

The budget plan that House Republicans passed today paves the way to take #Medicaid and food assistance through #SNAP away from millions of people to partially pay for huge tax giveaways for the wealthy. Read @sharonparrott.bsky.social's full statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

191,000 people in Iowa's 4th District depend on Medicaid and SNAP to get the health care they need and put food on the table. Call Rep. Feenstra at (202) 225-4426 and tell him to prioritize Iowans' well-being over tax cuts for the rich.

That's it. That's the message.

The numbers really do tell the story. Folks in the #IAlegis are rushing through bills that would cut people off Medicaid if they can't meet rigid requirements to report work hours, caregiving responsibilities and their health status. Iowa groups overwhelmingly oppose these plans.

We've been all over #IA this week with our friends from organized labor and @progressiowa.bsky.social talking about the stakes of the DC budget debate. Republican proposals would continue big tax cuts skewed to the wealthy and gut Medicaid and SNAP to pay for them. Let's keep up pushing back.

Medicaid alone covers 700,000 Iowa children, parents, low-wage workers, people with disabilities and seniors in nursing homes. Iowans need Sens. Grassley and Ernst to protect their care.

Last night’s passage of the House Republican budget is an extreme giveaway to the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

40+ Iowa organizations today asked Iowa’s congressional delegation to oppose making deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to offset tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.

260,000 would be harmed in Iowa.

$230 billion in #SNAP cuts would mean households with low incomes in *every state* would lose the support they need to put food on the table. Here's how many people would be harmed: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

The House Republican budget bill would slash programs like Medicaid and food assistance for children and put millions of Americans’ jobs at risk - all to give a massive tax break to giant corporations and the ultra-wealthy. Congress must stand with working people and vote no.

We expect #IAlegis to take up bills to cut people off #Medicaid by enacting onerous work verification rules many would struggle to comply with. We know what happens when states ramp the up red tape needed for people to keep their health care. See Georgia. www.propublica.org/article/geor...

In Iowa, Medicaid covers over a third of births, over a third of children, and half of all people in nursing homes. Plus, low-wage workers, caregiving parents and people with disabilities. The level of cuts House Rs are talking about would be devastating.

A big reason a number of Republican House members have a large number of Medicaid enrollees in their districts: They’re in states that have expanded Medicaid under the ACA, both red and blue. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

🚨 House Rs intend to vote early this week on their budget plan to take health coverage and food assistance away from millions to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The plan would require massive cuts to #Medicaid and #SNAP. Visit bit.ly/ProtectMedic... to tell your MoC to vote no.