The financial balance of U.S. states faces a significant challenge as recent federal policies shift the responsibility and costs of essential social programs onto their budgets. The question is not if ...

It will be up to the Legislature to decide how to spend the money the state brings in. States aren’t just facing the Medicaid and SNAP cutbacks, Delaney said. They are facing a “tsunami” of funding ...

Without leadership and swift, coordinated action, the state risks being overwhelmed by both the scale of the financial burden ...

Federal cuts to SNAP under the One Big Beautiful Bill will force states to consider new costs for the nutrition program.

New rules could push some residents off Medicaid, SNAP, not because they’re ineligible, but because they miss deadlines or ...

State policies around this recovery process vary widely, according to a 2021 report from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, which makes policy recommendations to Congress.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act requires most states to pay for food benefits. It leaves South Carolina with a choice: cut the ...

The Medicaid cuts recently approved by Congress and President Donald Trump could force states into difficult decisions, health policy experts say. Part of several major changes to Medicaid, the bill ...