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Medicaid, SNAP, tax cuts: What's in the Trump bill lawmakers aim to pass this week
If passed into law, the bill would push 7.6 milion people off Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Cuts ...
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Sugary Treats Shouldn’t Be on the SNAP Menu
Life Science, April 21). Critics maintain that government-mandated SNAP restrictions would threaten personal freedom. But SNAP is an in-kind benefit, meaning Congress already restricts it to ...
Iowa asks for federal waivers to add SNAP restrictions
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is asking the federal government for a waiver to add restrictions on SNAP benefits.Iowa Public ...
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Abbott wants to stop allowing federal benefits in Texas to be spent on unhealthy, high-processed food
Critics of legislation barring certain purchases through SNAP argue that restrictions could be difficult to monitor, unjustly limit individual’s decision making and could complicate grocery ...
Rollins brings SNAP food restrictions to forefront with Nebraska soda ban
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver for Nebraska's food stamp program making it the first in the ...
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SNAP Is a Lifeline: Congress Can Make It More Efficient
Unless states have the funds necessary to share in the cost of SNAP, Americans will need to contend with benefit reductions from the current $6 daily average, new eligibility restrictions ...
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Nebraska banning soda, energy drinks from SNAP under first federal waiver
Nebraska has received the first federal waiver to ban soda and energy drinks from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. The move is set to take ...
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Nebraska to ban soda and energy drinks from SNAP under first USDA waiver
I’M AT WHOLE STONE FARMS HOG PROCESSING FACILITY HERE IN FREMONT, WHERE SECRETARY BROOKE ROLLINS ANNOUNCED THE NEW SNAP RESTRICTIONS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THE MOMENT MARKS NEBRASKA ...