US EditionWork requirements could transform Medicaid and food aid under US budget bill
- The House of Representatives passed a budget bill on May 22, 2025, that imposes work requirements for most Medicaid and food aid recipients in the US.
- The bill, backed by President Trump, aims to require able-bodied Medicaid enrollees under 65 and many SNAP recipients to work, volunteer, or attend school starting next year.
- The bill could cause an estimated 5 million people to lose Medicaid coverage and risk cutting SNAP benefits for 6 million adults, while also penalizing states that provide Medicaid to undocumented immigrants.
- Critics warn the changes could lead to health center closures, reduce abortion and gender-affirming care access, and increase administrative barriers that may wrongly terminate some recipients' coverage.
- Supporters argue the bill will save money, root out waste, and promote personal responsibility, but concerns remain about its impacts on rural hospitals and vulnerable populations.
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Trump Budget Is “A Mugging Conducted by the 1 Percent Against the Rest of Us”
Trump’s sweeping budget legislation has been described as the biggest Medicaid cut in U.S. history. House Republicans passed the bill early Thursday morning in a 215-214 vote. The legislation would trigger massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over the next 10 years, denying coverage to an estimated 7.6 million Americans, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Food assistance under the… Source
Cuts to food aid endorsed by Congressional GOP could cost Missouri $400 million
Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Alford from Missouri said the bill “strengthens and restores the integrity” of SNAP in order to “ensure it is a temporary life vest for the needy — not a lifestyle”(Getty Images).Missouri could lose around $400 million in federal funding for food assistance under a plan approved by Congressional Republicans Thursday — which would strain the state budget and likely strip thousands of low-income families of food aid acros…
House-passed budget bill projected to cause Medicaid and SNAP cuts, job losses in WV
The United States House of Representatives on May 22, 2025, narrowly approved a far-reaching budget reconciliation package that if enacted would sever at least tens of thousands of West Virginians’ access to health and social safety net programs. The Republican-majority House passed the budget reconciliation package in a mostly party-line vote Thursday morning, approving sweeping cuts to Medicaid and food benefits for low-income people in the l…
'Peak of hypocrisy': These 6 Republicans stand to profit after breaking vow to protect Medicaid
Just five weeks after pledging that they would not support the Republican Party's budget reconciliation package if it included cuts to Medicaid, six GOP lawmakers ultimately did just that on Thursday morning—and an analysis by government watchdog Accountable.US suggested they voted for the legislation to benefit themselves, despite the suffering it would cause for their constituents.Along with cutting Medicaid for close to 14 million Americans a…
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