Bloomberg: Millions of Americans Miss Out on Stimulus ‘Survival’ Checks

The think tank Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that 280 million people would receive a full or partial payment under the new criteria, compared with 288 million who received all or some of the second $600 direct payment approved in December.

Steve Wamhoff, the institute’s director of federal tax policy, said that the lower-income families who received the full amount of the two earlier stimulus checks would be receiving the full $1,400 from this round.

“All the people who need help are going to get help,” Wamhoff said.

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