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SNAP Participation Losses Far Exceed CBO’s Estimates
About 5.5 million people lost food assistance through SNAP in the year since enactment of the 2025 reconciliation law.
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About 5.5 million people lost food assistance through SNAP in the year since enactment of the 2025 reconciliation law. This includes about 2 million children, who were not targeted by the law’s eligibility restrictions. These participation declines have resulted in a sharp drop in SNAP spending, since 90 percent of SNAP spending is for food assistance benefits. (The rest is primarily…
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