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Governor Healey Provides SNAP and Health Care Updates

Published November 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:57

In the meantime, I want to make sure that people in Massachusetts know what is happening. First, an update on snap. As a reminder, President Trump made an unprecedented decision to not fund SNAP benefits during a federal shutdown. He's the only president in history to basically decide to starve Americans and not fund SNAP during a federal shutdown that puts over 1 million, 1.1 million people in Massachusetts at risk. (01:57–02:04)

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Asserts that President Trump decided not to fund SNAP benefits during a federal shutdown.

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“People in Massachusetts set to see their health care premiums go up by as much as $25,000 in a single year.”
Governor Healey Provides SNAP and Health Care Updates | Uploaded November 13, 2025 | 00:43-00:51
“That puts over 1 million, 1.1 million people in Massachusetts at risk.”
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“330,000 residents in Massachusetts will see their premiums skyrocket come January 1st by as much as $25,000 a year per person, per…”
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“Health care expires for 337,000 Massachusetts residents the end of December.”
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“Donald Trump and the Republicans have refused to extend these tax credits, these tax subsidies that were available to people getting those…”
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“We took the Trump administration to court, and we won.”
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“Those SNAP benefits have been fully funded.”
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“The Health connector serves over 400,000 people, including small business owners all across the state.”
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“As of January, that's going to go up to $53 a month, which is a nearly 400% increase in her budget.”
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“This is the result of a decision and a choice that Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have made.”
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“At a time when the President and folks in Congress should be doing all they can to drive costs down, they are driving costs up.”
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“It's going to hurt people in Massachusetts. It's going to hurt Americans across this country.”
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“Extend these tax credits for another year.”
Governor Healey Provides SNAP and Health Care Updates | Uploaded November 13, 2025 | 07:57-08:02
“Congress and the President need to act immediately to restore and extend these health care subsidies.”
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“Multiple courts have already ruled on this issue [of SNAP benefits].”
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“President Trump needs to do his job and fully fund SNAP benefits.”
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“We were ready to go and cards were loaded over the weekend so that as soon as this funding became available, we were able to get that…”
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“SNAP has been ordered to be fully funded on a going forward basis.”
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“DTA is ready with the vendor to continue to process benefits for which people are eligible.”
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“People in America, people in Massachusetts can't afford to see their family budget go up by $25,000 a year to pay for health care coverage.”
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“Mike Johnson has only called them in 12 out of the last 120 days.”
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“We've had hundreds of federal workers apply for unemployment insurance.”
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“We had federal workers who never contemplated going to a food pantry line up at Massachusetts Food Pantries this weekend.”
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“USDA makes available federal funds. We apply for those funds through a vendor.”
Governor Healey Provides SNAP and Health Care Updates | Uploaded November 13, 2025 | 22:03-22:09
“Anybody who has been eligible to receive SNAP to date or who missed their payments last week has received their SNAP benefits now.”
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“No state can handle this. No state can make up for this.”
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“Congress and the president need to get back to work and they need to vote and ensure that these tax credits are extended for another year.”
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