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#PoorgetPoorer TrumpScam: Ohio Faces $33 billion Medicaid Cuts & 340K Insurance Losses Under GOP Healthcare Law

https://thehill.com/homenews/5550044-snap-changes-heres-who-could-lose-benefits-in-november/

States are alerting SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) beneficiaries that their eligibility for nutritional aid may be altered as a critical November deadline looms for compliance with the Comprehensive Welfare Reform Act.

This sweeping legislation, enacted during the summer, restructures the SNAP framework, which serves over 42 million individuals. The reforms are anticipated to result in the exclusion of certain recipients from the program, as federal funding is projected to decrease by an estimated $185 billion over the next ten years. SNAP Benefit Adjustments Begin in October: Key Information Several key aspects of the act are slated for enforcement starting in November. Here’s an overview of the anticipated modifications. Stricter Work Mandates and Reduced Exemptions A significant alteration pertains to ABAWDs (Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents). Essentially, these adults must demonstrate at least 80 hours of monthly employment, enrollment in an educational program, or participation in a training initiative to maintain SNAP eligibility. Without such verification, benefits are limited to a maximum of three months.

Prior to the Comprehensive Welfare Reform Act, there were notable exceptions to this work requirement. Initially, it applied only to adults aged 18 to 54. Now, the mandate extends to all able-bodied adults under 65. Parents previously responsible for a dependent under 18 were also exempt from work requirements, but this exemption now applies only to those caring for a child under 14.

Moreover, veterans, homeless individuals, and young adults exiting foster care were previously exempt. Currently, all these groups must fulfill work requirements to receive benefits beyond three months. Conversely, a new exemption from work requirements has been introduced for "Indigenous Peoples, also recognized as Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Tribal Members" as defined by the legislation. Although these changes took effect immediately upon the law's enactment on July 4, the Food and Nutrition Service granted states a 120-day period to implement them. The deadline for full compliance is November 1, 2025.

What If Employment Opportunities Are Scarce? In regions where job availability is particularly limited, ABAWD work requirements may be waived. The Comprehensive Welfare Reform Act mandates that an area must have an unemployment rate exceeding 10% to qualify for such a waiver. Alaska and Hawaii have slightly different criteria.

Immigrant SNAP Eligibility The Comprehensive Welfare Reform Act modifies "non-citizen eligibility for SNAP," impacting certain legally residing groups.

According to a memo from Oregon’s Department of Human Services, refugees, asylum seekers, and survivors of human trafficking will all be affected and may lose benefits.

The Food and Nutrition Service has yet to release comprehensive details on the implementation of this provision but has indicated that "further guidance is forthcoming."

Additional Reforms on the Horizon Critics argue that other provisions of the Comprehensive Welfare Reform Act will lead to further reductions in who qualifies for food assistance and the extent of aid families receive. The law restricts how annual cost-of-living adjustments are computed, alters the calculation of utility expenses in determining household need, and discontinues funding for the SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program, which facilitated broader access to nutritious food. Another substantial aspect of the bill shifts a greater portion of SNAP administrative costs to states. Previously, costs were shared equally, but starting in the 2027 fiscal year, states will bear 75% of the responsibility.

For the first time, some states will also be required to contribute a portion of the food benefits starting in the 2028 fiscal year.

Under the new legislation, the federal government will fully fund SNAP benefits only for states with an error rate in payments to individuals below 6%. According to federal data, just seven states—Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming—met this criterion last year. Nationally, nearly 11% of SNAP payments contained errors last year.

Beginning in 2028, states with error rates exceeding 6% will be required to cover between 5% and 15% of SNAP benefit costs. States with higher error rates will generally face greater financial responsibility, but a Senate amendment postpones the cost-share implementation until as late as 2030 for states with the highest error rates.

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The conventional wisdom in Washington is that by pushing off big changes to Medicaid until after the 2026 midterms, Republicans shielded themselves from voter backlash.

A full year before anyone casts their vote in November 2026 — meaning now, in the fall of 2025 — the American health care system will begin transitioning from an era of unprecedented expansion of coverage to an era of unprecedented cutbacks. And President Donald Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress will be easy to blame.

Unless Congress reaches a deal fast on some expiring Obamacare provisions, insurance premiums are set to rise, often by double-digit percentages, in and out of Affordable Care Act exchanges. Hospitals are retrenching ahead of the massive cuts imposed by Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Altogether, around 14 million people will lose coverage in the coming decade, the Congressional Budget Office projected in August, with the first wave of losses beginning in months.

And even if some of the changes in Trump’s sprawling law kick in after the 2026 elections, that doesn’t mean people won’t hear plenty about them beforehand. State legislatures will have to debate what or who to cut to fill gaping holes in their health care budgets. Health plans, providers and state Medicaid agencies will have to start educating the public about new rules established by the legislation, like Medicaid copays and work requirements.

Then of course, there will be the actual political messaging, led by Democrats and advocacy groups who are ready to remind voters that the GOP cut health spending by $1 trillion while cutting taxes for the rich.

“It’s an immediate firestorm for the Republicans,” said Anthony Wright, executive director of the liberal health group Families USA.

Precisely how this all plays out electorally is anyone’s guess, particularly given the escalating fights over redistricting and a news cycle that seems to get upended by the hour. Nor is it a given that people who face a health coverage crunch or lose coverage altogether will see Trump and congressional Republicans as culpable.

Voters may accept GOP arguments that they only targeted “waste, fraud and abuse.” Or they may blame greedy insurers, profit-hungry hospitals — or “who knows, even Joe Biden,” said Patrick Brown, a fellow at the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center, who has pushed the GOP to embrace more pro-family policies, in part to deliver for Trump’s more working-class base.

“I think the gamble the Republicans are taking is [voters] are not going to associate that with us, right?” Brown added.

But gambles are by definition risky — as North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis reminded fellow Republicans when he announced he would retire rather than deliver broken promises to voters on their health care.

WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democratic leaders released a competing bill Wednesday that reflects their vision for how to fund the government on a short-term basis, drawing a marked contrast with the Republican proposal as a potential shutdown nears.

The Democratic legislation would permanently extend Obamacare subsidies that are scheduled to expire at the end of the year, as well as reverse Medicaid cuts enacted in President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” It would lift the freeze on foreign aid funding that the White House is withholding through “pocket rescissions” and restore funding for public broadcasting.

It would keep the government funded through Oct. 31.

The release of the 68-page Democratic bill is sure to escalate tensions between the two parties just a couple of weeks before a Sept. 30 deadline to avert a government shutdown.

Republicans are advancing their own proposal to keep the government funded through Nov. 21, which would maintain current spending levels with limited add-ons. That legislation was not negotiated with Democrats before GOP leaders released it Tuesday, and it would largely continue the status quo for the time being.

Democrats had insisted that they would vote against a bill that didn’t address their priorities. But they don’t control either chamber of Congress or the White House. Still, several Democrats will be needed to pass any government funding bill through the Senate, where 60 votes are required and Republicans control only 53 seats.

“Americans deserve better than more of the same failed Republican agenda," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement. "For weeks, Democrats have been ready to sit down and hammer out an agreement, but Republicans are following Donald Trump’s orders not to even deal with Democrats instead of doing their jobs. Democrats are fighting to protect healthcare, lower costs, and keep the government open — because that’s what hardworking people expect and deserve.”

Schumer has said for weeks that Democrats wouldn’t accept a bill without a negotiation — unlike in March, when he and other Democratic senators voted to pass a Republican-only funding bill to keep the government afloat. The latest GOP bill, he said earlier Wednesday, “had no input from Democrats.”

Meanwhile, the GOP measure is on track for a House vote by Friday. It is unclear that it has the votes to pass even in the narrow Republican majority, with some conservative lawmakers opposed or skeptical. It needs only a simple majority. But even if it passes, at least seven Senate Democrats would need to support it to break a filibuster.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said earlier that negotiations are taking place among appropriations leaders in both parties on longer-term spending and that the House GOP bill would simply buy more time for a broader agreement.

He slammed Democrats for their resistance to the stopgap bill.

“Do they actually think that hardworking Americans are going to thank them for shutting down the government?” Thune said Wednesday on the floor. “It’s particularly hard to understand Democrats’ determination to shut down the government when we’re simply asking for a few more weeks to complete bipartisan — bipartisan — appropriations work.”

Republicans are using the same strategy that worked for them in March, when they passed a six-month government funding bill that was written without Democrats. At the time, they dared Democrats to vote it down, and at the eleventh hour, Senate Democrats blinked.

Don’t be fooled by the spin—#BigBeautifulBill (HR1) is a #TrumpScam dressed up as tax relief. While politicians and special interests claim it helps West Virginians, the truth is clear: this bill slashes #Medicaid and food assistance, raises costs for working families, and showers #RichGetRicher with massive tax cuts.

TaxScam Exposed: False Promises for Working Families

Lawmakers claim HR1 cuts taxes for West Virginians, but the numbers don’t add up. Most "new" breaks already exist, and the alleged savings are skewed by #TrumpDictator-style giveaways to millionaires. In reality: Bottom 40% of West Virginians will pay MORE in taxes. Middle-class families get less than HALF the claimed benefits. Top 10% hoard 80% of the tax cuts. Independent experts warn 99% of Americans will be worse off by 2027—thanks to hidden tariffs and budget tricks.

Medicaid & SNAP Cuts: Devastating West Virginia

The bill’s real goal? Funding tax breaks for the wealthy by gutting healthcare and food aid. West Virginia faces: 50,000+ losing Medicaid coverage. 33,000 at risk of losing SNAP (food stamps). 6,000 job losses in hospitals, grocery stores, and local economies. Already, clinics are closing due to funding cuts. Veterans, seniors, and hardworking families are being pushed into poverty—while #PoorGetPoorer.

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