Overview

• On July 14, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said Medicaid is bankrupting most state budgets, citing figures that state-only Medicaid spending accounts for less than 20 percent of their budgets.
• The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed on July 4, cut over $1 trillion in federal Medicaid funding and roughly $200 billion in SNAP benefits.
• Rollins noted that the top purchase under SNAP is sugary drinks and junk food and argued for expanding healthy food access through nutrition programs.
• States now face significant budget shortfalls and possible program cuts as they absorb reduced federal support for Medicaid and SNAP.
• Rollins urged partnerships to improve access to healthy foods to help lower overall healthcare costs.