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DHS warns of steep federal Medicaid, SNAP cuts; Murphy budget holds baseline amid uncertainty
Summary
DHS Commissioner Sarah Edelman told the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee that congressional proposals could cost New Jersey $2—$10 billion in federal Medicaid funding and billions in SNAP assistance, and described the FY26 budget as preserving current services while avoiding assumptions about yet-unpassed federal changes.
Commissioner Sarah Edelman told the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on May 6 that sweeping federal proposals now being discussed in Congress could force "dramatic and painful cuts" to New Jersey's Medicaid and SNAP programs.
Edelman, who leads the New Jersey Department of Human Services, said Congress is considering roughly $880 billion in Medicaid savings and $230 billion in food-program reductions over 10 years and that New Jersey's exposure could be anywhere from $2 billion to $10 billion a year in lost federal Medicaid funding. She said the administration did not build those hypothetical reductions into the governor's FY26 proposal and called for cooperation between the governor's office, the department and the Legislature should cuts materialize.
The governor's FY26…
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