Peggy Bailey
@PeggyBaileyDC
@CenterOnBudget Executive VP, @HUDgov, @CSHinfo & @naehomelessness alum. Dedicated to housing & economic justice. (tweets my own) (@peggybaileydc.bsky.social)
So proud to join @annymoliva & @dianeyentel to speak up & speak out for people who are unhoused & the millions at risk of losing housing. Help paying the rent is the solution! @naehomelessness @NLIHC and @CenterOnBudget #HousingSolvesHomelessness cbpp.org/press/statemen…
After the last few weeks, vacation this week is nice. Rest and doggy happiness!
We've got #s on this: 9 states require ending the expansion automatically if the fed matching rate drops. In these states, expansion enrollees will immediately lose coverage if expansion is eliminated, reducing Medicaid enrollment by almost 2M ppl by 2034. cbpp.org/research/medic…
Just to be clear, this change would instantly trigger an end of expansion in multiple states Can spin it however they want, this is a big deal and it’s taking coverage away from the very working and vulnerable Americas Rs claim to be protecting
Ending homelessness takes implementing common sense policies that we know work. These are all tested and proven lower the administrative burden of providers and make it easier for people to find a home.
A bipartisan bill introduced this week by Senators Rounds, Smith, Crapo, and Reed would make it easier for people to use housing vouchers to rent safe, stable housing and would improve homelessness assistance programs.
I'm thrilled to welcome Nicole Greenidge-Hoskins to CBPP as Executive Vice President, Legal Department & Administration. Her deep commitment to our work, legal expertise, & experience supporting operational excellence will help CBPP meet this moment. cbpp.org/press/press-re…
This is beyond irresponsible and will be harmful to millions of people over the next few years. It is up to all of us to protect as many people as possible and call out the harm as the federal gov’t & states implement this bill. We will press on!
House & Senate Republicans have now passed a bill that will raise families' food & health care costs, increase poverty & hunger, take health coverage away from millions of ppl & drive up deficits - all to give costly tax cuts to the wealthy & corporations.
Several House Republicans held their noses and voted yes on their version of OBBB. They hoped the Senate would make it better. NOPE! Here is a sampling of ways Senate Republicans actually made it worse.
This bill takes health coverage & food asst away from families so that the country 'can afford' tax cuts to the wealthy. Oh but wait! This bill also adds trillions to the debt. No logic, just cruelty. Outrageous and it should be rejected by the House. cbpp.org/press/statemen…
New @CenterOnBudget analysis on the Scott Amendment—the “grandfathering” here is a mirage. “We estimate that after five years, only 8% of expansion enrollees would still be subject to the 90% matching rate, effectively phasing out the higher matching rate in only a few years.”
News: Sen. Rick Scott amendment lowering federal match for Medicaid expansion has been filed. Would be "grandfathering" in beneficiaries until 2030 at 90 percent match, lower state-specific rate kicks in in 2031. Cost savings of $313 billion full copy: cdn.sanity.io/files/ifn0l6bs…
It only takes a little math to dissect what the One Big Beautiful Bill is all about - Securing tax cuts for wealthy people on the backs of people who will have their health coverage and food assistance taken away.
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?
"This bill would cause serious harm. It would increase poverty, hunger, and preventable deaths. This agenda would cause about 16 million more people to be uninsured and make health care unaffordable for millions more." Read @ParrottCBPP’s full statement below ⬇️
This @CNN story shows that families understand #OBBB - “I’m worried that the red tape is going to affect our Medicaid because of just the oversight burdens and that as a result, I’m going to lose my daughter because she’s lost coverage before.” cnn.com/2025/06/26/pol…
The White House is touting tax benefits for tipped workers in the reconciliation bill, but 2 million tipped workers could be among those at risk of losing health coverage because of the #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace cuts in the bill. (1/3) nbcwashington.com/news/business/…
Truly Don’t Matter….seriously the math isn’t mathing. #OBBB People living in rural areas will be hurt and face life threatening lack of access to health care if this ridiculousness doesn’t stop.
"Rural hospital fund?"
The "one big beautiful bill," which would leave some 16m uninsured, is making people say some ugly things. Sen. McConnell: "They'll get over it." Sen. Ernst: "Well, we all are going to die." CMS Administrator Oz: "Prove that you matter."
>@AndrewDesiderio SCOOP TILLIS says GOP reconciliation bill is Republicans' Obamacare. And MCCONNELL says: "I know a lot of us are hearing from people back home about Medicaid. But they’ll get over it."
This makes no sense. Cut massive amounts of funding that keep rural hospitals afloat and then create a "fund" for rural hospitals (that will undoubtably be meager).
Senate GOP to include rural hospital fund amid Medicaid pushback ow.ly/FSp2106cGsv
Why rush #OBBB when there isn’t a crisis? Because it is EXTREMELY unpopular & you want to pass it before anyone pays attention. Those of us paying attention must stay vigilant. Poll: GOP budget bill faces nearly 2-to-1 opposition, with many unaware washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
These are both fundamentally harmful policies that would take food away from low-income people & worsen hunger no matter how policymakers may attempt to rewrite or restructure them to pass muster with Senate rules. Senate Republicans must reject them.
The Parliamentarian ruled 2 of the most harmful #SNAP cuts in the Senate Republican bill violate the Byrd rule, including an unprecedented cost-shift to states that could end SNAP entirely in parts of the U.S. The only “option” Sen Rs shld consider is removing these cuts entirely
BOOZMAN reacts to the Senate parliamentarian striking a major SNAP provision from Senate Ag’s reconciliation bill text last night. Says committee is looking at more options to achieve savings.
And remember that this is not happening in isolation. There are other costs OBBB shifts to states like those caused by some of the Medicaid and ACA marketplace changes. States will have to make tough choices & people who need help the most will suffer. cbpp.org/research/state…
Worth reading this entire insightful thread by my boss: OBBB’s SNAP provision marks a dramatic cost shift to state budgets that will require states to dramatically shift around their taxes/spending to cover SNAP benefit costs and/or actually *reduce* residents’ SNAP benefits.