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    The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduces food insecurity but is underused among many households. To increase SNAP participation, twenty-one states have adopted the standard medical deduction (SMD), which simplifies administrative requirements for eligible households (those with older adults or people with disabilities). However, to offset the costs of the SMD, states have reduced SNAP benefits elsewhere, raising concerns of negative spillover effects. Using national data from the period 2004–19 and a fixed-effects estimator, we found that the SMD was associated with increased SNAP participation among SMD-eligible households, in terms of aggregate household counts (20 percent) and as a share of households receiving SNAP (5 percentage points). Moreover, estimated annual SNAP benefits per state increased for SMD-eligible households but decreased (although not statistically significantly) for ineligible households. Offsetting SNAP costs may have benefited households wit

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    Persistent racial disparities among low-income households are not found in those that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, highlighting the importance of access to the program, according to researchers.Although experts have long known about racial disparities in food insecurity and related health outcomes, not much attention has been given to the role that SNAP

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    The pandemic worsened food insecurity for many people in the U.S., putting more people at risk for not only hunger but for chronic diseases that can be managed with access to nutritious, fresh food. In Helping SNAP Consumers During Economic Headwinds from Numerator, we get a current read on food security, the SNAP program, and the challenges of chronic health management that are intimately tied….

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    • New research revealed a high prevalence of #foodinsecurity among families of #pediatricpatients with #ALL enrolled in a #cancer clinical trial, and almost half of the families eligible for #SNAP did not receive benefits: https://t.co/yvAoXlQCc0 #leukemia #hemonc https://t.co/lQ2ZJPITBb