Texas could lose nearly $2 billion under potential Medicaid, SNAP cuts
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Texas could lose more than 67,500 jobs and about $1.7 billion in economic output under potential Medicaid and food aid cuts, according to a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Driving the news: The House of Representatives' latest budget resolution calls for more than $1 trillion in combined cuts to government programs including Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
- The details of any such cuts would need to be sorted out in Congress; the Senate has not yet worked out its own budget blueprint.
What they did: The researchers' estimates assume $880 billion and $230 billion in broad Medicaid and SNAP cuts over 10 years, respectively, spread out evenly over the decade and proportionately among states.
What they found: In 2026 alone, such cuts could cost more than 1 million jobs nationally, cause a $113 billion drop in combined state GDPs and result in nearly $9 billion in lost state and local tax revenue, the researchers estimate.
- The hit to state GDPs would exceed the estimated $95 billion in federal savings achieved through such cuts, the report finds.