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SNAP hangs on by a thread |
The Trump administration said it will provide partial food stamp benefits this month after a federal judge ruled the White House must use emergency funds to keep the program going. |
The administration says the fund has $4.65 billion available for households, which is not enough to cover the full November benefits, expected to cost upwards of $9 billion. The administration indicated it will not tap other funds to fill the gap, meaning the more than 40 million people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are set to receive reduced benefits. The USDA also didn't release the funds before the Nov. 1 deadline, meaning benefits for millions of people are already delayed. State agencies were awaiting instructions from the government on Monday about how to calculate the partial benefit, leading to even more delays. USDA in a court filing warned it could take weeks or even months for states to make all the system changes necessary to send out reduced benefits. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said in a statement Monday the move to partially fund SNAP "is an important development, but the reality is that SNAP benefits won't become immediately available to recipients. This lag is problematic and the result of President Trump's failure to follow the law until ordered to do so." Several states had rushed to cobble together contingency plans for when SNAP benefits were expected to expire. Many used their own emergency funds, while some received donations from billionaires like Mark Cuban. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) made it clear that no states could continue SNAP benefits on their own. A few states had no plans finalized by the end of last week, including Oklahoma and Mississippi, with Gov. Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) saying, "there is sadly no simple way for state government to just step in and pay the hundreds of millions of dollars in harm that this shutdown by the Washington Democrats is causing." |
Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter, we're Nathaniel Weixel and Joseph Choi — every week we follow the latest moves on how Washington impacts your health. |
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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
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A quartet of bipartisan House lawmakers on Monday proposed a framework to temporarily extend ObamaCare's enhanced tax credits that includes a sunset period and an income cap for high earners. The "statement of principles" from centrist Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) represents the only public proposal from either side to address the subsidies since the government … |
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The top drug regulator at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resigned Sunday, according to officials, after being accused of using his position of authority to publicly denigrate a treatment tied to a former business associate. Dr. George Tidmarsh, a drug industry veteran who joined the administration in July, was placed on administrative leave Friday after officials in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) … |
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President Trump said he will help "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, who pleaded with the president to intervene in his cancer treatment. "On it!" Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. The president included screenshots of the public plea from Adams, the cartoonist who announced earlier this year he was diagnosed with prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones. "On Monday, I will ask President Trump, via X, … |
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A MESSAGE FROM COALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE |
Care that doesn't clock out – on rounds or on call. |
Tell Congress: Protect Access to 24/7 Care — because when the doors close, it is too late. More than 300 hospitals are now at risk of closure, threatening access to critical care. Learn more. |
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Branch out with a different read from The Hill: |
Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration |
A group of Democratic state governors has launched a new alliance aimed at coordinating their public health efforts. They’re framing it as a way to share data, messages about threats, emergency preparedness and public health policy — and as a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s administration, which they say isn’t doing … |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- Wisconsin hospital finances stabilized slightly in 2024, but it might not last (Wisconsin Public Radio)
- On Vermont Health Connect, annual premium prices have doubled, or more (VTDigger)
- Medicaid spending in Colorado is unsustainable, Gov. Jared Polis says (CBS News)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Trump's HHS orders state Medicaid programs to help find undocumented immigrants (KFF Health News)
- Fired CDC advisors give new ACIP a failing grade (MedPage Today)
- 'A big positive': how one company plans to profit from Medicaid cuts (New York Times)
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