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Patrick Morrisey: “The SNAP changes are set several years. They'll occur, I…”

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Governor Patrick Morrisey Discusses West Virginia's Legislative Agenda and Economic Opportunities

Published July 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:35

And so we're all optimistic about that. Then you mentioned a couple of the programs. Well, let's go through them. The SNAP changes are set several years. They'll occur, I believe in 2,028. But a lot of those changes in deal with the error rates that are in place in terms of how these benefits are processed. (07:35–07:43)

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“West Virginia's workforce participation rate is 54.2%, lower than any other state in the nation.”
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“There will be a special session at some point.”
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“We have a balanced budget schedule from July of this year to June of next year.”
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“Health care costs nationally are rising at a very rapid rate.”
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“We're not going to be putting new revenue into the mix in terms of more tax burdens on our citizens.”
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“I've talked with the legislators about trying to put in place a fraud unit, which I think could be very helpful.”
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“States that have high error rates are going to get penalized.”
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“There are Medicaid changes that are coming. I think some of them are very good.”
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