Medicaid, SNAP, Medicare, and the Big Beautiful Bill

Medicaid, SNAP, and Medicare are some of our largest domestic benefits programs. Eligibility is not gender-specific. Yet someone they affect women differently. We don't know whether or not these programs will be changed in the final version of the Big Beautiful Bill, but we do know who uses them and why. Get your facts here.

 

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Women's Health Insurance Coverage | KFF

Gender and Racial Justice in SNAP

House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Would Make Health Care More Expensive for Americans With Medicare and Other Insurance

Where We Stand: Retirement Security – AAUW

Allocating CBO’s Estimates of Federal Medicaid Spending Reductions and Enrollment Loss Across the States | KFF

US women are paying billions more for healthcare than men every year

Florida

Closing the Benefit Gap to Advance Women’s Health Equity | Deloitte US

SNAP Helps Millions of Low-Income Seniors | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families

Current Numbers

Medicaid | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration

Parts of Medicare

Distribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Sex | KFF