State Officials Comment on Potential Medicaid & SNAP Cuts

State officials comment on potential Medicaid & SNAP cuts

Polis joins other Democratic governors to denounce looming GOP cuts to federal health programs like Medicaid and SNAP

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis called cuts to federal health programs for low-income Coloradans and children dangerous.

MLG joins other Dem governors to decry proposed Medicaid cuts in nation’s most-reliant state

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, top right, joined other Democratic governors in Michigan and Kansas to decry the proposed Medicaid cuts. (Screenshot from DGA Zoom call)New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday called on Congress to halt its effort to cut Medicaid, joining a handful of other Democratic governors to decry the cuts as a giveaway to the ultra-wealthy on the backs of the working poor. As Lujan Grisham noted in the call with th…

Looming federal cuts, if approved, might mean more taxpayer expense

File Photo of Shelley Stein by Howard Owens There are nearly 3,000 households in Genesee County that receive SNAP benefits on behalf of 4,796 adults and children, for a total mandated expense of $835,256 a year that’s on the table for cuts, Legislative Chairwoman Shelley Stein says, as part of the promoted “big, beautiful bill” in the House.

‘They Know It’s Going to Hurt People.’ Coloradans Decry GOP Medicaid Cuts During Town Hall

(Promoted by Colorado Pols) Originally posted at the Colorado Times Recorder Wayla Murrow and her daughter Cynda have been Medicaid members for 12 years. They applied when Cynda turned 18 so that she could access medical care to support her intellectual and developmental disabilities. Since becoming a member, Cynda, 30, has joined community programs that […]