H.R. 1 Dramatically Cuts Core Safety Net Programs

H.R. 1 is signed into law, ushering in cuts to core safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP and shifting enormous costs onto states. New York State could experience an annual loss of about $15 billion in health and nutrition funding and an estimated 1.5 million New Yorkers could lose their insurance coverage. NYHealth spearheads a joint statement from New York-based health foundations on the impact of the legislation. 

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