Medicaid, SNAP and house of representatives
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The massive tax policy bill the House passed Thursday would change many things in the economy. Among them, who pays for major programs like SNAP and Medicaid. In the GOP’s legislation, states would start picking up more of the tab.
New Jersey would lose about $3.6 billion a year in federal Medicaid funding, and more than 300,000 residents would risk losing their health insurance.