2.5 million Americans lost food aid in months after passage of GOP megabill, study finds

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 1,097

Last Updated: 4 days, 15 hours ago

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At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states, according to a study the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published Wednesday.

Some 6% of the 41 million Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, when President Donald Trump signed the One …

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