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Dedicated to making children & families a priority in federal policy & budget decisions. Affiliated w/ @Campaign4Kids. #InvestInKids #Commit2Kids
Feb 20, 2022 10 tweets 8 min read
Exploring Pathways to Affordable, Universal Health Coverage bit.ly/35b7afY

Important exchange between @RepSusanWild and @Katie_Keith at @EdLaborCmte hearing on the “family glitch” in the Affordable Care Act. Fixing it could benefit an estimated 2.8 million children. (1) Here is the study by @KFF’s @cynthiaccox, @KrutikaAmin, Gary Claxton, & Daniel McDermott showing 2.8 million children might get health coverage via fixing the “family glitch.” 👇

The ACA Family Glitch and Affordability of Employer Coverage | KFF kff.org/health-reform/… (2)
Jan 24, 2022 10 tweets 9 min read
What the Child Tax Credit fight says about America - @DrRichBesser & @DAcevedoGarcia - The Hill bit.ly/3Kxdq1U

#ChildTaxCredit #InvestInKids #CutChildPoverty (1) On Child Tax Credit expiration:

“no help came this past week because we let the expanded credit expire during an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and with prices rising on everything from groceries to utility bills.” - @DrRichBesser @DAcevedoGarcia (2)
Dec 19, 2021 10 tweets 8 min read
65 million children will be worse off and child poverty will nearly double if Congress fails to pass some version of #BuildBackBetter with the improved Child Tax Credit.

Child poverty is a policy choice. (1) Leaving 65 million children worse off, @Sen_JoeManchin, is the equivalent of filling BOTH the West Virginia University Coliseum and the Cam Henderson Center at Marshall University a COMBINED 2,826 times. (2)
Mar 26, 2021 11 tweets 9 min read
Biden Plots a Revolution for America’s Children - @NickKristof - New York Times nyti.ms/3wc2xLY

#Commit2Kids #InvestInKids (1) “The most revolutionary part of President Biden’s agenda so far is his focus on a constituency that doesn’t write whiny op-ed columns, doesn’t vote, doesn’t hire lobbyists and so has been neglected for half a century: children.” - @NickKristof (2)