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How Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Impacts SNAP, Medicaid, Taxes And Student Loans

The Senate on Tuesday approved a sweeping domestic policy package that would slash spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), marking what analysts call the deepest food-aid cut in modern history and sending the bill back to the House for final action.

How The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Affects SNAP

Work longer. Able-bodied adults without small children must verify 80 hours a month of work, training, or community service until age 64, up from 54 under current law. Parents escape the rule only if their youngest child is under 7, not 18.

Lose benefits faster. The Congressional Budget Office projects the tougher rules will drop about 3.2 million people from SNAP rolls each month once fully in force.

Shift costs to states. States would pay 5% of benefits and 75% of administrative expenses. Those with payment-error rates above 6% could owe up to 15% of benefits.

Cap future increases. The bill freezes the inflation formula for the Thrifty Food Plan, trimming every household's annual cost-of-living raise and erasing roughly $35 billion over 10 years.

Cut overall funding. Federal SNAP spending would decrease by $295 billion over a decade, the largest reduction on ...