Roughly 2.8 million Pennsylvanians currently receive their healthcare through the Medicaid program, also called Medical Assistance. More than 200,000 people in Allegheny County are covered through Medicaid. “Historically whenever changes have been made programmatically to increase those barriers to enrollment, we see people who are eligible fall out of the program,” said Becky Ludwick, vice […]
New data show critical effects of federal Medicaid, SNAP cuts in PA
A new mapping project offers a close look at how families across Pennsylvania could be affected by major cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, the nation’s largest health and food assistance programs. SNAP is the most extensive child anti-hunger program. More than 309,000 SNAP households in Pennsylvania include children, making them among the most vulnerable to food assistance […]
New Maps Show How Medicaid and SNAP Cuts from Republicans’ ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Impact PA-01 Kids and Families
The release Tuesday of 24 interactive maps illustrating the impacts to kids and families thanks to the Trump Administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act (H.R. 1) highlights unprecedented hardships kids and families across the commonwealth are expected to face. Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children released illustrated data projecting coverage losses, reduced food assistance and the impacts to families directly […]
Research lays out potential long term impact of SNAP, Medicaid cuts
One Pennsylvania Organization put together data showing the impacts of H.R 1, which will make cuts to Medicaid and SNAP funding starting in October, on local communities. Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children is a nonprofit that advocates for the youth in Keystone State, and it’s the youth that leaders with the organization say will be impacted heavily by […]
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