PA Governor Josh Shapiro Denounces Proposed Medicaid and SNAP Cuts

Proposed Medicaid and SNAP Cuts

• 🎯 Governor Josh Shapiro strongly criticizes proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP funding in the US House and Senate budgets.
• 💰 These cuts are intended to fund tax cuts for high-income earners and slash credits for renewable energy jobs in Pennsylvania.

Impact on Pennsylvanians

• 📉 The House bill alone could remove 510,000 Pennsylvanians from Medicaid and 310,000 specifically from Medicaid.
• 🍲 140,000 Pennsylvanians would lose food assistance under these proposals.
• 🏥 Half a million Pennsylvanians stand to lose healthcare coverage, with rural hospitals at high risk of closure due to reliance on public payers.

Addressing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Claims

• 🔍 Shapiro asserts that Pennsylvania already leads the nation in rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse within its human services programs.
• ⚠️ He dismisses claims that cuts are necessary for this purpose, calling them