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Original research, fact sheets, and in-depth reports tracking what families actually pay for the essentials — and where the system is failing them. Filter by issue and dig in.
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The Affordability Crisis Is Slamming Older Americans
Americans 50 and up are paying more for everything — health care, housing, prescriptions, and care — while Social Security checks fall further behind. A look at what the squeeze looks like for older Americans, and the policy choices driving it.
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- Fact Sheet
Sh*t Costs Too Much: Electricity
Household electric bills are up 18% nationally while paychecks stall — and blocked energy projects plus tariffs on grid components are driving the squeeze.
Fact sheet · July 2026
- Fact Sheet
Sh*t Costs Too Much: Health Care
Over 8 million Americans lost coverage and ACA premiums spiked 114% after $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
Fact sheet · July 2026
- Fact Sheet
Sh*t Costs Too Much: Gasoline
Gas topped $4 a gallon in every state and American drivers have paid $32 billion more at the pump since the war with Iran began.
Fact sheet · July 2026
- Fact Sheet
Sh*t Costs Too Much: Housing
Home prices are at an all-time high and roughly half of renters are cost-burdened, while White House inaction, tariffs, and construction labor shortages drive costs up.
Fact sheet · July 2026
- Fact Sheet
Sh*t Costs Too Much: Groceries
Grocery prices keep climbing while the government carries out the deepest cut to food assistance in SNAP’s history and the war in Iran drives up the cost of food production.
Fact sheet · July 2026
- Fact Sheet
Sh*t Costs Too Much: Travel & Vacations
Airfares have soared 26.5% and a summer trip costs hundreds more than last year, as the war with Iran sends fuel prices soaring and wipes out low-cost airfare.
Fact sheet · July 2026
- Fact Sheet
Sh*t Costs Too Much: Child Care
One in five parents pay more than $30,000 a year for child care while federal help reaches just 15% of eligible kids — and tariffs, funding cuts, and immigration raids are making it worse.
Fact sheet · July 2026
- Fact Sheet
Sh*t Costs Too Much: Labor Day Gas Prices
Labor Day travelers face the highest holiday gas prices ever recorded — drivers have paid $42 billion more since the war with Iran began, and the administration says it’s in no hurry to end it.
Fact sheet · Labor Day 2026
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