US EditionNonprofits Warn They Can't Fill Gaps Left by Cuts to Health Care, Food Assistance
MINNESOTA'S 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, JUL 9 – Minnesota nonprofits say $1 trillion Medicaid cuts over 10 years and SNAP cost shifts will increase demand for meals and health services, straining local resources, officials said.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes $1.2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, with nonprofits warning that these cuts will harm health care and food assistance.
- The bill mandates work requirements for SNAP recipients until age 65, potentially costing Massachusetts an additional $53.3 million annually, according to the governor's office.
- The Congressional Budget Office predicts SNAP cuts will save $186 billion in federal spending over the next decade, affecting more than 42 million people who rely on these benefits.
- Agencies expect increases in food pantry participation due to the cuts, as they anticipate widespread negative impacts on society.
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Vasquez Calls GOP Out For Largest Rollback of Health Care Coverage and Food Stamps in American History
Last week, House Republicans plowed through their Tax Scam, stripping health care away from 17 million Americans and threatening millions of Americans’ SNAP benefits – representing the largest and cruelest cut to health care and food assistance in American history – all to hand tax cuts to billionaires they don’t need. Congressman Gabe Vasquez fought back against and firmly rejected the bill – which threatens health care for over 38,000 people a…
Letter: The United States can no longer call itself a Christian nation, if it ever could
Our elected representatives recently made their rich donors richer at the expense of the majority of their constituents. They approved big tax cuts for billionaires at the same time cutting potentially life-saving food and health care for the poorest of the poor.
Nonprofits Gather to Address Concerns Over Federal Funding Cuts
DULUTH, Minn. – 23 local nonprofits gathered for a press conference to address the potential impacts of federal budget cuts. Chum, Second Harvest Northland, Safe Haven, One Roof Community Housing, and 19 other local nonprofits outside Representative Pete Stauber’s office in Hermantown to address the concerns of potential federal cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other social safety net programs supported by Stauber. This press event was followed by a …
Duluth News Tribune
World NewsNonprofits warn they can't fill gaps left by cuts to health care, food assistance
HERMANTOWN — Nonprofit leaders regionwide say cuts to health care and food assistance in the recently passed federal and spending tax bill would further strain their organizations and harm the people they serve. Outside U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber’s Hermantown office on Tuesday afternoon, several nonprofit leaders attempted to deliver a letter outlining their concerns to the Republican congressman, who voted in support of the bill last week. The lett…
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