| A harrowing new report finds that Mike Turner’s decisive vote to gut food assistance in the Big, Ugly Bill could cause 900 premature deaths in Ohio by 2040.
Turner’s cruel vote is set to kick 63,000 hardworking Ohioans off of SNAP, and could cost the state nearly $400 million. And if Ohio is forced to abandon SNAP altogether, the state could see up to 23,000 deaths.
 To make matters worse, Republicans are ripping food off of families’ tables at a time where prices are already rising across the board, from groceries, to electric bills, to health care. And Turner has rubber-stamped this chaotic agenda every step of the way.
DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
“Mike Turner’s devastating vote to gut food assistance and restrict access to SNAP is costing innocent Ohioans their lives. OH-10 voters will remember Turner’s betrayal and will gladly show him the door in November.”
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Ohio Capital Journal: Report: As food cuts phase in, Ohioans will die prematurely
- New work requirements to get federal food assistance will cause 900 premature deaths in Ohio by 2040, according to a new analysis.
- If administrative costs dramatically increase state expenses and force Ohio to abandon the program altogether, those deaths will soar to 23,000, according to a report released [Tuesday] by the Center for American Progress.
- Passed last summer, President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act gave $1 trillion worth of tax cuts to the richest 1% of Americans over 10 years. It cut nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid spending over the same period.
- The bill also cut $186 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which provides food assistance to 1.45 million Ohioans and 42 million Americans.
- When tried with Medicaid, work requirements failed in achieving their claimed goals, but they did succeed in reducing the number of people receiving benefits.
- In Ohio, 63,000 adults stand to lose benefits because they’re between 55 and 64, or their kids are older than 14, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities using data from the Congressional Budget Office.
- For many, losing food benefits will make chronic health problems worse…Ultimately, losses in health result in preventable deaths.
- In Ohio, that means at least 900 people will die who wouldn’t have if the new work requirements weren’t implemented, according to the report.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act also increases administrative expenses on states…It estimates that Ohio could face nearly $400 million in additional costs to maintain its SNAP program.
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