Monique Stanton
@monique-stanton.bsky.social
Michigander - Baker - Novice Gardener - Michigan League for Public Policy - opinions are my own
The Trump Admin claimed that #SNAP benefits aren't available for Nov 2025 b/c SNAP’s “contingency funds are not legally available to cover regular benefits.” This stands in opposition to the law & prior practice, incl. by the Admin itself.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Trump Admin claimed that #SNAP benefits aren't available for Nov 2025 b/c SNAP’s “contingency funds are not legally available to cover regular benefits.” This stands in opposition to the law & prior practice, incl. by the Admin itself.
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Food isn't a luxury. People need #SNAP and food banks can't make up the difference.
"...when you pull $15 billion a month out of a national economy and expect charity to step in and nobody miss a beat. That’s unrealistic.” - Phil Knight
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#Shutdown
#ShutdownCrisis
"...when you pull $15 billion a month out of a national economy and expect charity to step in and nobody miss a beat. That’s unrealistic.” - Phil Knight
@michleague.bsky.social
#Shutdown
#ShutdownCrisis
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Food isn't a luxury. People need #SNAP and food banks can't make up the difference.
"...when you pull $15 billion a month out of a national economy and expect charity to step in and nobody miss a beat. That’s unrealistic.” - Phil Knight
@michleague.bsky.social
#Shutdown
#ShutdownCrisis
"...when you pull $15 billion a month out of a national economy and expect charity to step in and nobody miss a beat. That’s unrealistic.” - Phil Knight
@michleague.bsky.social
#Shutdown
#ShutdownCrisis
Michigan's budget does make some progress, but there are still some major gaps, including early childhood funding.
Cuts to Michigan's Great Start system are especially alarming.
#MiLeg
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#MIBudget2026
Cuts to Michigan's Great Start system are especially alarming.
#MiLeg
@michleague.bsky.social
#MIBudget2026
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Michigan's budget does make some progress, but there are still some major gaps, including early childhood funding.
Cuts to Michigan's Great Start system are especially alarming.
#MiLeg
@michleague.bsky.social
#MIBudget2026
Cuts to Michigan's Great Start system are especially alarming.
#MiLeg
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#MIBudget2026
It was an honor to be at today’s bill signing to celebrate the bipartisanship effort to protect #Medicaid in Michigan.
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#ProtectMiCare
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#ProtectMiCare
October 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
It was an honor to be at today’s bill signing to celebrate the bipartisanship effort to protect #Medicaid in Michigan.
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#ProtectMiCare
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#ProtectMiCare
Young adults are already struggling and their healthcare premiums are about to DOUBLE.
@economicsecurityproject.org
@economicsecurityproject.org
1/ Starting Nov.1, 24 million people who receive their healthcare insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces will see their premiums DOUBLE because of cuts to ACA subsidies and Medicaid passed by Congressional Republicans.
Young adults will be hit the hardest.
Young adults will be hit the hardest.
Opinion | Republicans Are Making Health Care Unaffordable for Young Americans
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Young adults are already struggling and their healthcare premiums are about to DOUBLE.
@economicsecurityproject.org
@economicsecurityproject.org
The Senate voted to add $3.3 trillion to the national deficit & decimate the social safety net all to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.
Bezos doesn’t need more money for ridiculous weddings.
People need food & healthcare.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Bezos doesn’t need more money for ridiculous weddings.
People need food & healthcare.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Republican Bill Puts Nation on New, More Perilous Fiscal Path
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The Senate voted to add $3.3 trillion to the national deficit & decimate the social safety net all to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.
Bezos doesn’t need more money for ridiculous weddings.
People need food & healthcare.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Bezos doesn’t need more money for ridiculous weddings.
People need food & healthcare.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Poverty is a policy choice.
Senate Republicans just voted to increase poverty & hunger and take away healthcare from millions of people.
mlpp.org/news-releases/
Senate Republicans just voted to increase poverty & hunger and take away healthcare from millions of people.
mlpp.org/news-releases/
News Releases – MLPP
mlpp.org
July 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Poverty is a policy choice.
Senate Republicans just voted to increase poverty & hunger and take away healthcare from millions of people.
mlpp.org/news-releases/
Senate Republicans just voted to increase poverty & hunger and take away healthcare from millions of people.
mlpp.org/news-releases/
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. It's really that simple.
There is nothing beautiful about the #BBB
Read the lastest from @budgetlab.bsky.social
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
There is nothing beautiful about the #BBB
Read the lastest from @budgetlab.bsky.social
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
Distributional Effects of Selected Provisions of the House and Senate Reconciliation Bills
budgetlab.yale.edu
July 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. It's really that simple.
There is nothing beautiful about the #BBB
Read the lastest from @budgetlab.bsky.social
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
There is nothing beautiful about the #BBB
Read the lastest from @budgetlab.bsky.social
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
The Big Beautiful Bill breaks Trump’s promise to protect Medicaid.
WATCH: GOP Senator Tillis says what we all know! Medicaid cuts will break promises and cost lives. Call your Senator and tell them to vote no: 866-426-2631 #SolidaritySummer
July 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Big Beautiful Bill breaks Trump’s promise to protect Medicaid.
Over the past decade, the number of veterans has declined, but the percent of veterans with #Medicaid has increased - now about 1 in 10 veterans has #Medicaid coverage and 3 of 4 veterans are age 50+. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
5 Key Facts About Medicaid and Veterans | KFF
Medicaid helps fill gaps in coverage for veterans who are low-income, have disabilities, or are otherwise ineligible for military health benefits. It supports those with complex health needs and reduc...
www.kff.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Medicaid is esssential to the health and well-being of Michiganders.
#HandsOffMedicaid
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#HandsOffMedicaid
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Michiganders have spoken: #HandsOffMedicaid!
June 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Medicaid is esssential to the health and well-being of Michiganders.
#HandsOffMedicaid
@protectmicare.bsky.social
#HandsOffMedicaid
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June 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Yesterday the Senate Health Policy Committee held a hearing about the federal cuts to #Medicaid. #Mileg
Real people will be harmed.
Real people will be harmed.
League President & CEO @monique-stanton.bsky.social spoke today at the Michigan Senate Health Policy Committee hearing, where she shared opposition to federal reductions to Medicaid. Full testimony: bit.ly/3SCC6eL
#Medicaid #Michigan #MiLeg #ProtectMiCare
#Medicaid #Michigan #MiLeg #ProtectMiCare
June 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
SNAP is extremely popular.
Cutting it is not.
Cutting it is not.
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to SNAP, the federal program that provides food assistance to millions of low-income Americans.
May 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
SNAP is extremely popular.
Cutting it is not.
Cutting it is not.
There is nothing beautiful about taking away healthcare and food.
Take action now.
Take action now.
League President and CEO @monique-stanton.bsky.social issued the following statement today on behalf of the #protectmicare coalition following congressional passage of the so-called “Big, Beautiful” bill:
📕 Read the full statement: bit.ly/44PxWrb
🔥 Take action: bit.ly/42HCdvm
📕 Read the full statement: bit.ly/44PxWrb
🔥 Take action: bit.ly/42HCdvm
Take Action - Protect MI Care
Your voice matters. Fill out this form to contact your lawmakers.
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May 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
There is nothing beautiful about taking away healthcare and food.
Take action now.
Take action now.
“I resent people calling my fellow Michiganders waste, and I resent people calling my fellow Michiganders abuse, and I resent people calling my fellow Michiganders fraud. None of those things are what’s happening. What is happening is our government is being unresponsive to the needs of its people.”
May 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
“I resent people calling my fellow Michiganders waste, and I resent people calling my fellow Michiganders abuse, and I resent people calling my fellow Michiganders fraud. None of those things are what’s happening. What is happening is our government is being unresponsive to the needs of its people.”
Just a reminder, 83% of Michiganders think Medicaid funding should be increased or stay the same.
There is widespread support for Medicaid. The cuts will be devastating.
#Medicaid
There is widespread support for Medicaid. The cuts will be devastating.
#Medicaid
We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, threatening critical care
Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.
www.cbsnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Just a reminder, 83% of Michiganders think Medicaid funding should be increased or stay the same.
There is widespread support for Medicaid. The cuts will be devastating.
#Medicaid
There is widespread support for Medicaid. The cuts will be devastating.
#Medicaid
As you go to bed tonight, the House Committee has scheduled a 1 am hearing to vote on taking away healthcare from millions of Americans.
If this was popular, they wouldn’t be doing it in the middle of the night.
If this was popular, they wouldn’t be doing it in the middle of the night.
May 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
As you go to bed tonight, the House Committee has scheduled a 1 am hearing to vote on taking away healthcare from millions of Americans.
If this was popular, they wouldn’t be doing it in the middle of the night.
If this was popular, they wouldn’t be doing it in the middle of the night.
Under the cover of night, the House is planning radical cuts to health care.
People’s access to care will be terminated. The loss of coverage will make people sicker. And people will lose their lives.
The time to act is now. This isn’t hyperbole.
People’s access to care will be terminated. The loss of coverage will make people sicker. And people will lose their lives.
The time to act is now. This isn’t hyperbole.
The CBO finds that if the Reconciliation Bill goes through:
-7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes
-1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C
-2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
-7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes
-1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C
-2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Estimated Budgetary Effects of a Bill to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 18, 2025
www.cbo.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Under the cover of night, the House is planning radical cuts to health care.
People’s access to care will be terminated. The loss of coverage will make people sicker. And people will lose their lives.
The time to act is now. This isn’t hyperbole.
People’s access to care will be terminated. The loss of coverage will make people sicker. And people will lose their lives.
The time to act is now. This isn’t hyperbole.
The House plan takes away healthcare from millions and will make it harder to afford and access care.
Nearly 14M people could lose their health coverage under the House plan with more facing higher costs. Cuts to #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace coverage would make it harder to afford care for chronic conditions or emergencies. Here are some of the impacts: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
By the Numbers: House Bill Takes Health Coverage Away From Millions of People and Raises Families’ Health Care Costs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The House reconciliation bill now taking shape would take health coverage away from millions of people and dramatically raise health care costs for millions more.
www.cbpp.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The House plan takes away healthcare from millions and will make it harder to afford and access care.
Family friendly policies are key to keeping people in Michigan & creating economic opportunity.
#ChildTaxCredit #CTC
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#ChildTaxCredit #CTC
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Family-friendly policies can help keep people in Michigan and create economic opportunity - Kresge Foundation
This is the second entry in the Families in Neighborhoods blog series. The series offers commentaries that explore efforts underway in Detroit, to reimagine neighborhoods as places of opportunity for ...
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May 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Family friendly policies are key to keeping people in Michigan & creating economic opportunity.
#ChildTaxCredit #CTC
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#ChildTaxCredit #CTC
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Reposted by Monique Stanton
Via @citizencohn.bsky.social House Energy and Commerce Committee GOP openly admits #Medicaid cuts are “longstanding Republican policies and priorities so have been talked about for years…” despite claims they are newly about curbing fraud/protecting the vulnerable. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-tak...
How to Take Medicaid from Millions of Americans, in Less Than 72 Hours
There’s a reason Republicans are in such a rush to get Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through Congress.
www.thebulwark.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Via @citizencohn.bsky.social House Energy and Commerce Committee GOP openly admits #Medicaid cuts are “longstanding Republican policies and priorities so have been talked about for years…” despite claims they are newly about curbing fraud/protecting the vulnerable. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-tak...
The cuts at the federal have real implications on people’s lives.
A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
A Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The cuts at the federal have real implications on people’s lives.