Hugh Garahan

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[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

As states have raced to limit the huge new costs they will soon face under the law's cost shift, many families are losing SNAP despite still being eligible when they can’t navigate new red tape & understaffed states can’t keep up with the added paperwork. https://t.co/U1buS65UB7

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

NEW: A year after H.R. 1 enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history, the number of children receiving SNAP nationwide has likely dropped by more than 1.5 million, based on our analysis of available data from 17 states. https://t.co/HUPBlPSUTa

[Hugh Garahan @HughGarahan]

@MichaelSLinden also, "not touching" social security seems to mean, to them, just hollowing out the entire agency instead https://t.co/jEekIMRg92

[Hugh Garahan @HughGarahan]

@Brendan_Duke @MeetThePress Right!! They are more on-brand than me perhaps

[Hugh Garahan @HughGarahan]

it always feels good to see my original design elements stick around when a chart gets remade for national news 🥰 - thanks, @MeetThePress!

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

This working mom of 2 has been trying to get her family's SNAP benefits reinstated for months but keeps getting caught in the added red tape. She’s cut back her own meals to make sure her kids get enough. These are the people this administration claims were "lifted" off SNAP.

[Center on Budget @CenterOnBudget]

As ACA Marketplace premiums continue to rise, more people are struggling to afford health coverage after enhanced premium tax credits expired. Watch @NBCNews @BerkeleyJr explain the growing affordability challenges, featuring CBPP data: https://t.co/bgOAVHKFRS

[Hugh Garahan @HughGarahan]

full segment here: https://t.co/R2BL7zoklE

[Hugh Garahan @HughGarahan]

"Rather than take away rental assistance from people based on time limits and work requirements, policymakers should extend this effective assistance to everyone who needs it." https://t.co/Kb5U88MWsE

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

That just about sums it up:

[Joan Alker @JoanAlker1]

This is concerning not only because of the loss of SNAP benefits but also because Medicaid cuts will start kicking in next year. State legislative sessions next year are going to be very, very tough.

[Ali Swenson @AliSwenson]

New: Democrats in 25 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over its recent guidance on new Medicaid work requirements, arguing the strict rules will prevent eligible Americans from accessing the care they need.
https://t.co/fb4CMfFCH5

[Hugh Garahan @HughGarahan]

@BBKogan way, way bigger https://t.co/WEVKfiCUmI

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

Maryland may now be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to continue SNAP because they reduced errors *too much.*

Under H.R. 1's SNAP cost shift, MD's error rate is now slightly too low to qualify for the temporary exemption for states with the highest error rates.

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

New USDA data confirm as many as 36 states will soon face massive new costs to continue SNAP – increasing the risk that even more struggling families could soon lose food assistance & some states could even end SNAP altogether. Congress must delay this cost shift for all states.

[Michael Linden @MichaelSLinden]

Let me put this in terms that might get it the views and attention it deserves:

This is the Memorial Reflecting Pool of keeping kids from going hungry.

[Center on Budget @CenterOnBudget]

Kathleen Romig explains via @nytimes that immigrant workers contribute significantly to Social Security's finances. Those contributions are increasingly important as the program faces a funding shortfall by 2032. https://t.co/L8PzhggC0o

[Whitney Jemison @WhitneyJemison]

Heading into Juneteenth, I've been thinking about what delayed justice costs, figuratively but also literally. @BrakeyshiaSamms can clearly read my mind! Check out her new piece outlining why tax justice is racial justice. https://t.co/N5jlxwyE6A

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

Here's just one example of a family with two young kids who lost their SNAP benefits — or as Secretary Rollins would apparently describe it, "chose not to reapply."

https://t.co/wZlsoFKBFx

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

There's no evidence that SNAP participation is cratering because more people are working. (Much less volunteering, which by definition doesn't pay the bills!)

But we do know that eligible people—including families with kids—are losing SNAP because of new bureaucratic obstacles.