President Biden has rightfully pledged to not take away people’s health care or increase poverty as part of the debt ceiling negotiations. The administration must hold this line and reject any new work requirements for Medicaid, or increased work requirements for SNAP and TANF.
Policymakers have threatened to implement policies that would make SNAP food benefits harder to access for certain groups, including the disabled community.
In the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization, Congress should remove the hot foods ban in the SNAP program so more people can easily access various food options.
"A report by the Center for Law and Social Policy notes the severe backlog of applications at SSA as a hindrance for long COVID applicants, and others."
Republicans introduced a harmful bill that would raise the age of people subject to time limits in SNAP and expand them to parents of children ages 7-17.