When Medicaid and SNAP changes from Trump’s bill will kick in

Published July 3, 2025 12:08pm ET



President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has passed the Senate and is set to pass in the House on Thursday. If it does, the bill will head to the White House for the president to sign. For many Medicaid and food stamps recipients, that will mean changes are coming their way.

The budget bill is expected to have wide effects on Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, with billions of dollars in cuts and tweaked requirements for the programs. House Republicans say they are stripping the “waste, fraud, and abuse” in the programs to save money.

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