The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a memo to state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) agencies on October 10, 2025, stating “if the current lapse in appropriations continues, there will be insufficient funds to pay full November SNAP benefits for approximately 42 million individuals across the Nation.” This situation results from the lapse... The post EPIC Explainer: Food Stamps During a Shutdown appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
Enrollment in Obamacare has skyrocketed in the last few years, jumping from 11.4 million in 2019 to 24.3 million in 2025. How did that happen? During the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden enacted legislation that temporarily eliminated the income eligibility requirement for Obamacare and fully subsidized the premiums of 42% of enrollees. They are set to... The post How Obamacare Enrollment Doubled in the Last Five Years appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
The Obamacare Problem The entire Obamacare (Affordable Care Act, “ACA”) system is predicated on government control of health insurance plans and government distortion of the health insurance market. The ACA required significant new regulations on health insurance plans available in the individual Marketplace, including mandating 10 “essential health benefits” that drive up costs without improving... The post Cashing in on Obamacare Subsidies appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
On October 21, 2025, the gross national debt topped $38 trillion. Not only is the scale of the debt worrying (and hard to comprehend), but the growth is now shockingly fast. The debt reached $28 trillion on March 1st, 2021. By August 11th, 2025, it was $37 trillion. That means the most recent $1 trillion... The post The Road to $40 Trillion in Debt appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
Healthcare costs have grown faster than inflation in recent decades. Costs have risen as the federal government intervened in the healthcare system, adding new regulations, mandates, and taxpayer subsidies. Some of these major healthcare “reforms” include: Medicare and Medicaid: These programs created new health care entitlements. EMTALA: The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act required... The post Government Solutions Have Not Reduced Healthcare Costs appeared first on EPIC for Ame...| EPIC for America
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America’s education system is struggling to prepare students to think critically, act responsibly, and adapt confidently to the world around them. In K-12 education, we’ve witnessed some troubling trends, including grade inflation, weakened accountability, and stagnant or declining test scores. Moreover, studies have documented a decline in other personal characteristics that contribute to success in... The post How to Fix America’s Broken Education System appeared first on EPIC for Ame...| EPIC for America
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The Biden COVID Credits temporarily expanded Obamacare by removing the income cap and increasing subsidies for enrollees. Originally, eligibility for subsidies ended at 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL), which is $62,600 for an individual or $128,600 for a household of four. The COVID Credits eliminated that cap, allowing households earning more than $500,000... The post Obamacare Enrollees Significantly Over the FPL Skyrocket appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
Fact: The Biden COVID Credits were intended to be pandemic-era subsidies only. The Biden COVID Credits were created by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) in response to the pandemic and extended through 2025 by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). They were designed to be a temporary expansion of Obamacare (ACA) from their... The post Fast Facts: The Biden COVID Credits appeared first on EPIC for America.| EPIC for America
The debate about healthcare affordability has been raging for decades and is unlikely to end any time soon. Yet it should be clear by now that blindly throwing money at the healthcare industry is a cause, not an answer, for high costs.| EPIC for America
Obamacare is a broken system. The Biden COVID Credits made it worse.| EPIC for America
Why Does the Government “Shut Down”? If Congress and the President are unable to agree on new appropriations bills before the start of the new fiscal year (or prior to the expiration of a continuing resolution), a “government shutdown” can occur. A “shutdown” can be partial if only some of the appropriations bills are not...| EPIC for America
Government spending is out of control. If the American people can make tough decisions and only spend within their means, so can Washington. EPIC is working to improve federal budgeting, reduce spending, keep taxes low, and shrink the national debt. After all, it’s not the government’s money – it’s the American people’s money.| EPIC for America
The evidence in this paper points to a simple story. QE follows fiscal events, but it has not systematically caused an expansionary fiscal stance. I show that deficits widen before QE announcements and are not associated with a persistent increase in the primary balance, the CAPB, or the fiscal impulse. Where I do find a difference is around severe shocks (recessions, COVID-19) when the Fed’s purchasing of Treasury securities was already large or when it is actively buying.| EPIC for America
The Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), released an alternative Continuing Resolution (CR) on September 17, 2025. The CR would continue discretionary appropriations through October 31, 2025.| EPIC for America
Members who make unreasonable earmark requests will apply pressure to include these projects in final FY 2026 appropriations legislation. However, Congress should prevent clearly wasteful and inappropriate spending from moving forward.| EPIC for America
Congress should reject Senate earmarks that would fund left-wing activist groups.| EPIC for America
The potential for double counting or stacking credits and the absence of firm caps on many of the IRA’s green energy tax credits has led to a massive increase in the law’s true cost to taxpayers.| EPIC for America
Both the House and Senate have made progress on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills. The Senate is proposing to increase spending by about $50 billion above the current FY 2025 levels and the House’s proposed FY 2026 bills.| EPIC for America
Congress should reform the Highway Trust Fund, end appropriations for expanding rail and transit capacity, and avoid infrastructure “stimulus” in the wake of recessions. It is possible to attain meaningful budgetary savings by focusing federal infrastructure efforts on core national systems and cutting off boondoggles once and for all.| EPIC for America
The OBBB’s neutering of the CAFE standard is a win for proponents of consumer choice and deregulation.| EPIC for America
As the Senate steps up in the reconciliation process, there are still opportunities for savings before the final draft of the One Big Beautiful Bill is enacted into law.| EPIC for America
The United States has undergone a dramatic fiscal transformation over the past decade, threatening its economic stability and global position.| EPIC for America
Background Congress will need to increase the debt limit as early as June 2025, and before the 2025 August recess at the latest. The Fiscal Responsibility Act suspends the debt limit through January 1, 2025. The new statutory debt limit will be set automatically, after that suspension expires, at the amount of debt accumulated until...| EPIC for America
