“$187 billion in cuts don’t produce healthier diets. They produce emptier grocery carts, impossible math at the checkout line and parents who skip meals so their kids can eat.”

Trump says millions are ‘lifted’ off SNAP. A Charlotte nonprofit says hunger hasn’t gone away in NC Boxes and tractor trailers loaded with donated food move quickly through volunteers’ hands inside a Charlotte warehouse where frozen meat, fresh produce, and cartons of eggs are distributed when they’re available. This is where families come when groceries run out—sooner than later. So when President Donald Trump said during his State of the Union address that his administration had “lifted 2.4 million Americans—a record—off of food stamps” in one year, the comment landed differently here. “I would maybe push back on the word lifted,” said

Due to the Trump administration’s changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, thousands of Mainers like McBlais are seeing disruptions in their benefits, according to Alex Carter, senior policy advocate at Maine Equal Justice, a nonprofit civil legal aid and economic justice organization.

Phipps is one of the many Mainers who are seeing their health care costs skyrocket following the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits, which had helped subsidize the cost of marketplace health insurance for millions of Americans, including approximately 60,000 in the Pine Tree State. 

Following Republicans terminating Affordable Care Act subsidies and President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act which limits state funding for Medicaid and tightened restrictions to enrollee eligibility, experts say Pennsylvanians are caught up in a national health care crisis – marked by an unsustainable increase in insurance costs, a rising rate of uninsured citizens, and expanding medical debt. And local residents agree. 

As open enrollment begins, Arizonans see skyrocketing costs for ACA health plans The federal government shutdown is now in its second month as Democrats continue to hold out for extensions to tax credits that help people afford health care through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. This week, open enrollment for those Obamacare plans began, so Arizonans who rely on that health coverage can now see just how much higher their bills will be if the subsidies are allowed to expire at the end of this year. Learn what this means for the over 400,000 Arizonans who get health care through

Mainers to Collins: Prioritize our health, renew ACA tax credits When open enrollment for Maine’s health insurance marketplace begins on November 1, Mainers are bracing for devastating premium increases that could make their health care unaffordable. The expiration of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits would roll back critical financial assistance for millions of Americans who purchase health insurance through the ACA Marketplace. These enhanced credits both increased the amount of assistance available to low-income enrollees and expanded eligibility to many middle-income families who previously earned too much to qualify. Since their introduction in 2021, Marketplace enrollment nationwide has more than doubled from about

Dane County residents fear skyrocketing health insurance premiums A rural Dane County family’s experience illustrates the way thousands across Wisconsin will be affected by skyrocketing health care costs if Congress does not fund expanded subsidies for insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.  Rachel LaCasse-Ford is one of more than 300,000 state residents who have health insurance through the federal marketplace. New data from the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance shows nearly 280,000 could see the monthly cost of their health care drastically increase if members of Congress don’t extend a series of subsidies that keep individual costs

SNAP funding in Wisconsin is running out. Farmers and businesses brace for impact Local farmers and businesses in Wisconsin are bracing for impact as funding for the state’s federal food assistance program is set to run out by November. The state provides about $113.6 million per month in FoodShare benefits, all of which is funded by the federal government, according to data from the state Department of Health Services. Unless federal officials come up with a stopgap measure or solve the government shutdown, the money will run out Nov. 1, affecting recipients and local farmers alike. Learn what this means for rural

USDA Quietly Deletes Its Contingency Plan for Funding SNAP The U.S. Department of Agriculture had a plan to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program running during a government shutdown by using contingency funds — but the document laying out that plan has now disappeared from the agency’s website. Those contingency funds are now at the center of a political and legal battle as benefits for approximately 42 million Americans are set to stop on Nov. 1. In new guidance issued in October, USDA reversed course from its “lapse of funding” plan. Learn more about about what’s at stake for millions

Terrified moms speak out, say their kids face starvation as SNAP benefits expire: ‘We have nothing’ Kelli Austin is just one of the 42 million Americans being stripped of their grocery budget benefits — financial support provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — on Saturday, Nov. 1. The loss of her $300 monthly stipend means Austin, who has three teens aged between 13 and 17 — who are often teased for receiving free breakfast and lunch at school — won’t be able to put food on the table during weekends and school vacations. “We’re not talking about luxury here,” Austin

‘Get it together’: Mom calls on Congress to end shutdown | Morning in America Kelli Austin is just one of the 42 million Americans being stripped of their grocery budget benefits — financial support provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — on Saturday, Nov. 1. On Morning in America, she shares how she plans to put food on the table for her three teenagers this month, including waking up early to wait in line at the local food bank, taking days off of work to volunteer at the food bank herself, and sacrificing hours for her own small business.

Lawmakers in South Dakota are currently negotiating a path forward for healthcare following last years government shutdown over the issue. One option on the table is a 3-year extension of enhanced Affordable care act subsidies which passed the house earlier this month.

Aunque no se espera que sean el centro del discurso presidencial del “Estado de la Unión”, el futuro de programas vitales como SNAP (Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria) y Medicaid sigue siendo una fuente de gran incertidumbre para millones de familias desde el año pasado.

With the U.S. Senate anticipating another vote on whether to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, Alabama’s senators will again have a chance to weigh in on Congress’s ongoing healthcare affordability debate.