Severed lifeline: Lack of support for SNAP, Medicaid devastating to those with disabilities

In days, a perfect storm of policy failures threatens to devastate the lives of thousands of Americans with disabilities. It’s a looming disaster where the very support they need to eat and survive at home is on the chopping block.

Across the country, people with disabilities are being hit by a double blow: the potential loss of food assistance combined with the instability of in-home care services. For those affected, this is not a policy debate. It’s a matter of life and death.

As the CEO of an agency that provides services to people with disabilities who rely on Medicaid and SNAP, I know firsthand how the loss of these benefits will seriously disrupt their lives and the lives of their families.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, is the prima