Trump, Medicaid and SNAP
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The president’s sweeping new law includes work requirements for more people and less coverage for some noncitizens. Republicans argue the cuts are needed to tackle waste and fraud.
Chefs, food equality advocates and nonprofit leaders rally against Trump's megabill that would slash SNAP funding for the nation's most vulnerable.
Officials say even those with private insurance will face higher costs and longer ER waits as hospitals scramble to make up for massive funding losses.
Illinois democratic leaders are bracing for the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” after it was signed into law over the weekend. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Congressman Sean Casten weighing in on the cuts in the bill that they say is going to impact working families and their access to healthcare and benefits,
Community group leaders say they will be left to “pick up the pieces” as President Donald Trump’s bill, which he signed into law Friday, rolls out cuts to Medicaid and the SNAP food assistance program.
President Donald Trump’s program-slashing budget legislation is likely to create a ripple effect of lost jobs in the private sector, which is just the latest blow to workers who have grappled with uncertainty this year.
Exactly how cuts to public assistance programs in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will affect Minnesota is yet to be seen, though by one estimate, up to a quarter-million people in the state could lose Medicaid coverage over the next decade.
Some in this camp have cast Trump’s bill as vindication of their analysis. After all, the president’s legislation cuts means-tested programs like Medicaid and food stamps, yet spared Medicare and Social Security.