Trump budget cuts $625 billion from Medicaid and $230 billion from SNAP

President Donald J. Trump’s 2025 budget proposal includes cuts of $625 billion from Medicaid and $230 billion from SNAP.

An estimated 11 million Americans would lose Medicaid coverage if the proposed cuts go into effect.

About 2.7 million U.S. households would lose some or all SNAP benefits under the proposed changes.

KFF polling finds 82% of Americans want Medicaid funding to stay the same or increase, while only 17% support cuts.

Johns Hopkins polling shows 61% of Americans oppose reductions to SNAP benefits, with 73% of those “strongly opposed.”

42 million Americans currently receive SNAP benefits, averaging $188 per person per month.

Work requirements prior to 2025 applied to about 16% of SNAP households; new proposals would lower the age exemption and expand these requirements.

An average reduction of about $10 per month would affect 65% of SNAP households (about 13 million households).

According to KFF, 75% of Republican Medicaid recipients worry that spending cuts would harm their families.

In rural areas, 70% of residents worry Medicaid cuts will harm local hospitals and providers; 37% of rural Republicans fear losing access to care altogether.

The Economic Policy Institute warns that Medicaid cuts could lead to hospital closures in rural counties, up to half a million healthcare job losses, higher medical debt, and greater vulnerability to recession.