LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been a vocal opponent to President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," which is set to make sweeping cuts to social welfare programs across the country.
Earlier this month, Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to identify the potential impact that proposed Medicaid cuts in the bill could have on Michiganders. That report found that hundreds of thousands of Michiganders could lose health care and Michigan hospitals could lose hundreds of millions in funding.
Now, she's sharing findings from the State Budget Office (SBO) on the cost of the proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to Michigan annually.
“No one should go to bed hungry in Michigan or anywhere in