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As a result of automatic budget cuts that kicked in this month, federal unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed will be cut back by nearly 11 percent beginning on or after March 31, 2013.
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In 2011, the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit lifted an estimated 8.7 million people out of poverty.
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Three million workers will lose unemployment benefits if Congress fails to reauthorize federal extended unemployment benefits.
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More than half of all states have submitted plans or have received approval to upgrade their Medicaid eligibility systems.
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States continue to adopt provisions that would allow them to modernize eligibility and enrollment processes with technology, benefiting uninsured children.
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4.5 million Americans face cut-off of unemployment benefits in 2012 if Congress does not act.
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12.8 million children have lived in households with extended or emergency unemployment benefit recipients since July 2008.
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In 2010, the rate of uninsured children under the age of 18 was 9.8 percent, or 7.3 children. However, the number of uninsured Hispanic children decreased .9 percentage points from 2009 to 30.7 percent.
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46.3 million people, almost 15 percent of the entire American population, received SNAP benefits in September 2011.
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46 percent of people unemployed for six months or more report that joblessness has caused strain to family relationships; 43 percent of people say they have lost a close friend after being unemployed for six months or longer; and 38 percent report having lost some self-respect.
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2.5 million young adults gained health insurance in 2011 because of the Affordable Care Act.
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More than 3.4 million people were kept out of poverty by the enhancements in the unemployment insurance program during 2010.
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In 2009, two-thirds of the total 6.6 million uninsured children in the U.S. were eligible for Medicaid/CHIP.
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Nearly 3 out of 5 adults who lost a job with health insurance benefits in the past 2 years became uninsured. -- Commonwealth Fund
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3.9 million workers lost unemployment insurance benefits in 2010, showing that the Great Recession has not only caused high levels of unemployment but also created significant and historical amounts of long-term unemployment.
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The Recovery Act kept more than 11.5 million people out of poverty in 2009 and 2010.
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According to a new Council of Economic Advisers report, without federal extended unemployment insurance benefits, the country would have had 800,000 fewer jobs as of September 2010.
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In 2010, 3.6 million households receiving SNAP (food stamp) benefits had no other reported income
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In Fall 2008, just over one in seven single mothers who were laid off or looking for work received unemployment insurance, but half received food stamps -- US Census
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If the improvements to the child tax credit passed under the Recovery Act are not extended, 7.6 million children in low-income working families will lose access to the credit altogether, and an additional 10.7 million such children will have their credit cut -- CBPP
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