Protecting the Safety Net
House Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Would Cut Nearly 2 Million People Off SNAP
On May 15, the House Agriculture Committee passed its 2013 farm bill. The bill would cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) by almost $21 billion over the next decade, eliminating food assistance to nearly 2 million low-income people, mostly working families with children and senior citizens.
The bill’s SNAP cuts would come on top of an across-the-board reduction in benefits that every SNAP recipient will experience starting November 1, 2013.
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Related: SNAP Benefits Will Be Cut for All Participants in November 2013
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Health Reform
Fears of Widespread “Rate Shock” Unfounded
Health reform was in the hot seat again recently when a House subcommittee held a hearing on the “looming premium rate shock” that health insurers have warned about. But widespread rate shock isn’t looming. In at least a few states where insurers have already proposed their 2014 premium rates, the doomsday predictions of skyrocketing premiums have not materialized.
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Center in the News
House Committee OKs massive cuts to food stamps in farm bill
MSNBC, All In with Chris Hayes
May 17, 2013
Renters Face a Housing Squeeze
Bloomberg Businessweek
May 17, 2013
Congressman Justifies Huge Food Stamp Cuts: Recipients Are ‘Dependency Class’
Think Progress
May 16, 2013
The Facts About Food Stamps Conservatives Don't Want You to Hear
US News & World Report
May 16, 2013
House Agriculture Committee Approves Farm Bill
New York Times, The Caucus
May 16, 2013
Working moms deserve a break
Bangor Daily News
May 15, 2013
Are Health Care Costs Healing Themselves?
National Journal
