When the coronavirus pandemic emerged in March 2020, the U.S. government issued a requirement that states could no longer kick people off Medicaid during the public health emergency. That requirement is still in place two years later, but health care advocates in Texas and Houston said they are worried about what could happen when it ends and millions of people have their safety nets put into jeopardy.
Texans again receiving full SNAP benefits, state health department says
The renewed SNAP payments came after two weeks of delays due to the 43-day federal government shutdown, which ended Nov.