Congress’ budget bill passed last week will have major impacts on assistance for North Carolinians. The “One Big Beautiful Bill” signed by President Donald Trump on July 4th includes deep cuts to programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. In North Carolina, more than 670,000 people could lose their Medicaid health coverage and SNAP is imperiled for about 1.4 million people once the cuts go into place. Laura Gerard, president, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, said these are devastating cuts for the state.
“Make no mistake about it: People will die and children will go hungry if we do not do something to combat the effects of this legislation. This is not good news for North Carolina. This is not a positive move for our state,” she explained.
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