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DC paid leave cuts expose a risk brokers can’t ignore | Insurance Business

September 16, 2026
  • D.C. Policy Center

On September 4, 2026, the D.C. Policy Center was quoted in Insurance Business magazine about D.C’s paid family leave program:

Between FY2021 and FY2026, D.C. spent approximately $700 million on program benefits while transferring roughly $1.1 billion in dedicated payroll tax revenue to unrelated government expenditures, according to DC Policy Center analysis of OCFO data. The FY2027 cuts deepen that pattern.

Read more: DC paid leave cuts expose a risk brokers can’t ignore

Additional reading: FY2027 D.C. budget analysis: D.C.’s structural budget problem and the path forward

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