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We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
It’s not a red state/blue state issue. The two states with the largest affected populations are California and Texas.
And these are working families — nationally, according to a pre-pandemic census report, 79 percent of SNAP families had at least one worker.
Nearly half the public has either direct experience as a SNAP beneficiary or an indirect relationship through a family member or close friend who used the program, according to a YouGov survey this year.
And it’s popular: 68 percent view SNAP favorably, including 63 percent of Republicans, while just 17 percent of Americans harbor an unfavorable view of the program, with a mere 16 percent supporting cuts to these benefits.
et, average benefits are falling to just $6 per person, per day. A family of four could see their benefits reduced by over $300 per month — at a time when groceries cost 11 percent more than they did a year ago. Budgets will be pressed hard.
Not just food budgets. Health care is also on the chopping block for large numbers.
As many as 15 million people will lose Medicaid coverage with the end of the pandemic emergency. Nearly two-thirds of Medicaid recipients already work and another 10 percent can’t be employed due to illness or disability, according to a pre-pandemic Kaiser Family Foundation report.
One of the COVID-19 relief packages passed by Congress blocked states from kicking people off Medicaid during the public health emergency, in exchange for additional federal funds. Now, with the end of the emergency, states are beginning to cut the rolls.
An analysis by the Department of Health and Human Services in August found about 8.2 million people would no longer qualify for Medicaid, and 6.8 million would lose coverage despite continuing eligibility.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...d?cvid=c036a684557d491b99c6eb5fd0e8e0cc&ei=33
And these are working families — nationally, according to a pre-pandemic census report, 79 percent of SNAP families had at least one worker.
Nearly half the public has either direct experience as a SNAP beneficiary or an indirect relationship through a family member or close friend who used the program, according to a YouGov survey this year.
And it’s popular: 68 percent view SNAP favorably, including 63 percent of Republicans, while just 17 percent of Americans harbor an unfavorable view of the program, with a mere 16 percent supporting cuts to these benefits.
et, average benefits are falling to just $6 per person, per day. A family of four could see their benefits reduced by over $300 per month — at a time when groceries cost 11 percent more than they did a year ago. Budgets will be pressed hard.
Not just food budgets. Health care is also on the chopping block for large numbers.
As many as 15 million people will lose Medicaid coverage with the end of the pandemic emergency. Nearly two-thirds of Medicaid recipients already work and another 10 percent can’t be employed due to illness or disability, according to a pre-pandemic Kaiser Family Foundation report.
One of the COVID-19 relief packages passed by Congress blocked states from kicking people off Medicaid during the public health emergency, in exchange for additional federal funds. Now, with the end of the emergency, states are beginning to cut the rolls.
An analysis by the Department of Health and Human Services in August found about 8.2 million people would no longer qualify for Medicaid, and 6.8 million would lose coverage despite continuing eligibility.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...d?cvid=c036a684557d491b99c6eb5fd0e8e0cc&ei=33
