The U.S. pandemic response, while imperfect, demonstrated the power of investing in and supporting families and children.
The expanded child tax credit cut child poverty by nearly half, and continuous coverage for Medicaid has led to the lowest uninsured rate in our nation’s history. Yet as the Covid-19 public health emergency officially ends this week, what should be a moment to exhale is instead a moment of peril for millions of families, as pandemic-era policies and lifelines begin to recede.
The above is an excerpt of a piece originally published in Route Fifty.
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