11/20/25 Afternoon CommStock Report – Food Security Put at Risk in the Fight for Health Care

Note to Subscribers: I am out of the office this week and have left a 3-part series entitled “Food Security Put at Risk in the Fight for Health Care” to air this Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. I hope that a resolution to the impasse funding the government reached will restore SNAP funding authorization and that concerns over ACA subsidies are favorably dealt with.   Food Security Put at Risk in the Fight for Health Care   Part 3 of 3 As for food security, SNAP eligibility took another haircut in the BBBA. That is not as bad as what happened November 1st when the government shuttered, as SNAP and WIC benefits were stalled despite a federal judge’s ruling for the administration to use contingency funds that existed to make full payments. In an effort to comply, the USDA initially made partial payments (65%). That impacted over 41 mln people. Initially, USDA said that no emergency funds would be used to sustain SNAP benefits which was political leverage used to pressure the Dems to agree to open the government. Approximately 131,000 families in Iowa that received $45 mln in these federal funded programs (September) and did not receive full benefits this…