SNAP at Risk: Impacts for Medicare Beneficiaries

On November 1, as the federal government shutdown entered its second month, the nearly 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) did not receive their benefits for the month. This is the first time in the program’s 61-year history that SNAP benefits have been fully halted.  This break in food assistance comes as a result of the Trump administration’s refusal to release the roughly $5 billion in […]