Poverty

Health, Incarceration, and the Intersection of Medicaid Policy with Khalil Cumberbatch and Vikki Wachino

GPPR Editor Bryna Antonia Cortes (MPM ’23) spoke with Khalil Cumberbatch, national leader and advocate on criminal justice policy, and Vikki Wachino, health care policy champion and former deputy administrator at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), on the convening of their multi-sector coalition, the Health and Reentry Project (HARP); forthcoming CMS approval […]

Tax Policy Changes Required as Part of COVID-19 Economic Recovery

As of Dec. 17, 2020, over 66 million Americans have filed unemployment claims since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. After lengthy negotiations and a partisan stalemate, Congress passed the second $900 billion comprehensive pandemic relief bill in late December providing much-needed relief to struggling Americans for the first time since March. Meanwhile, 34% of […]