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This week at CBPP, we focused on the economy, health, food assistance, and poverty and inequality.
* On the economy, we updated our fact sheet noting that struggling families and the economy need robust, bipartisan COVID relief ([link removed]) . Robert Greenstein stated that a new relief proposal from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is well designed and urgently needed ([link removed]) . Chad Stone analyzed new data showing that job-market improvements are slowing and the jobs hole remains deep ([link removed]) . We also updated our backgrounder on how many weeks of unemployment compensation are available ([link removed]) .
* On health, Jessica Schubel explained how a lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act threatens disruption and loss of protection for tens of millions of Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries ([link removed]) .
* On food assistance, we updated our fact sheet explaining how states are using new flexibility in SNAP to respond to COVID-19 challenges ([link removed]) .
* On poverty and inequality, we updated our tracker of the COVID-19 recession’s effects on food, housing, and employment hardships ([link removed]) .

Chart of the Week — Jobs Recovery from Deep Hole Slowing ([link removed])

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A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts this past week. Here are some of the highlights:

U.S. faces shortage of up to 8 billion meals in next 12 months, leading food bank says ([link removed])
Washington Post
October 2, 2020

Coronavirus worsens food insecurity in Puerto Rico—amid a looming loss of federal funds ([link removed])
NBC News
September 30, 2020

Death and taxes come for us all, but not equally ([link removed])
Marketplace
September 29, 2020

What's at stake if the Supreme Court rules against ObamaCare ([link removed])
The Hill
September 28, 2020

Food Insecurity In The U.S. By The Numbers ([link removed])
NPR
September 27, 2020

Inside Georgia’s latest attempt to change how people access Obamacare ([link removed])
PBS NewsHour
September 27, 2020

El IRS intenta ubicar a 9 millones de personas que no han recibido el cheque de $1,200 (la mayoría en California y Texas) ([link removed])
Univision
September 27, 2020

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