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Josh Shapiro: “140,000 Pennsylvanians are about to lose their SNAP…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health

Published | Video Starts at 29:28

… with the exception of Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick and our Republican U.S. senator, voted for, knowing what they were voting for. 310,000 Pennsylvanians are going to be kicked off of Medicaid. 140,000 Pennsylvanians are about to lose their SNAP benefits. That's the food assistance benefits. And we have about 25 rural hospitals that are both working with an operating deficit where about 50% or more of their revenues are coming from public payer. (29:28–29:35)

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