Tag: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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The Need for Reform in SNAP: Addressing Fraud and Abuse
The Biden administration and GOP recently reached a debt deal that made adjustments to work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but did not cut its spending. However, cuts are necessary as SNAP expenditures have skyrocketed from $63 billion in 2019 to an estimated $145 billion in 2023. Congress will have another opportunity…
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The Alarming Rise of SNAP Abuse and Fraud: 10 Ways the Program is Being Exploited
The Biden-GOP debt deal did not cut spending for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but it did adjust work requirements. However, cuts are necessary because SNAP expenditures have skyrocketed from $63 billion in 2019 to an estimated $145 billion in 2023. Congress will have an opportunity to reform the program later this year when…