US EditionHow the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Could Impact West Virginia Food Assistance Programs
- U.S. Senator Ed Markey warned that the 'Big Beautiful Bill' proposes deep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and ACA credits, making it a 'big loser' for small business households, with 1 in 4 relying on these programs.
- Following Markey’s letter, the House passed Trump’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act,' which includes over $300 billion in social safety-net cuts through 2034, with a Senate vote imminent.
- Analysis reveals that proposed cuts would impact 40 million SNAP recipients, more than 2 million children, $100 million in WIC funding, and reduce Medicaid by $700 billion affecting 10 million people.
- Massachusetts would lose $1.75 billion in healthcare funding and cover about 250,000 fewer people, worsening food insecurity as local food banks cannot fill the gap, Healey's office estimates.
- Recent polling shows 68% of small business owners oppose cuts while 16 million Americans could lose coverage by 2034, per KFF analysis.
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'Dangerous': WV advocates fear costly cuts in budget bill as Senate eyes passage
West Virginia community groups are among many advocates who expect budget reconciliation legislation, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to make an ugly mess of the state’s social safety net through cuts to health care and food assistance on which hundreds of thousands of West Virginians rely. Sweeping cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are expected from the bill, which has drawn support from Sen. Sh…
How the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' could impact West Virginia food assistance programs
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK)- We are getting closer and closer to the United States Senate's vote on the budget bill President Donald Trump is calling the "big, beautiful bill." People who depend on federally funded benefits, like the SNAP program, are watching the bill's progress closely to see just how severe the cuts to those programs will be if the bill passes. One program that will be affected by the budget bill if it passes is a part of the Co…
GOP-backed cuts to Medicaid, food assistance would hurt their red states, say Democratic governors • Missouri Independent
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, left, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly spoke to reporters in a call organized by the Democratic Governors Association (States Newsroom, Kansas Reflector). The Democratic governors of two red states — Kentucky and Kansas — urged Republicans in Congress to scrap their massive budget bill, warning it would take health care and food away from needy Americans to give “tax handouts to the ultra wealthy.” “We are a better country…
In late June, governors and senators met to discuss the impact of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” bill on the SNAP program and food security. They warned that it could increase the cost of food, remove access to food for millions of families and favor the richest with tax exemptions. “One Big Beautiful Bill” is a budget reconciliation bill proposed at the 119th U.S. Congress. Part of what the bill proposes is to reduce federal spending on the Suppl…
SNAP cuts in Trump's big, beautiful bill concern Louisiana farmers, food banks
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – As the United States Senate reviews, examines, and debates the merits of President Trump's signature legislation, which he calls 'One big, beautiful bill,' those who advocate to end hunger in Louisiana gathered to discuss the implications of its passing. Feeding Louisiana, the state association representing five food banks, organized a Zoom conference to explain how decisions and disruptions in Washington, D.C., are…
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