"But the government shutdown has now put the WIC program at risk. Unlike Social Security, WIC isn’t an entitlement program, so it relies on Congress to appropriate money every year, but Congress wasn’t able to pass bills funding the government before the fiscal year lapsed on September 30. The program is currently very low on funds..."

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/10/25/parents-worry-as-wic-funding-dwindles-during-the-government-shutdown/

#PublicHealth #food #FoodInsecurity #nutrition #WIC #SNAP #hunger #ChildrensHealth #disabilities #NorthCarolina #UScongress #USpol

"The prospect of young people dropping out of the ACA markets worries health policy experts — not just because of their own personal risk of going uninsured, but because of the effect that millions of people making the same decision could have on the whole health system."

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/26/nx-s1-5577940/health-insurance-government-shutdown-aca-open-enrollment-death-spiral

#healthcare #insurance #ACA #Obamacare #premiums #DeathSpiral #HealthPolicy #shutdown #UScongress #USpol

Thanks to one man, Trump has successfully mounted a coup

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/thanks-to-one-man-trump-has-finally-mounted-a-coup/

“This is not a normal year or a normal situation, no matter whether you are signing up for Medicare or an Affordable Care Act plan or have commercial or employer-based insurance,” says Cindy George, who analyzes health-care costs for GoodRx, a health-care platform that provides telehealth services and prescription medications. “There’s upheaval across the board.”

https://archive.ph/RRL2M#selection-2021.0-2025.168

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