State Government

Replacing lost federal funding

5 public statements from 2026 candidates · 1 related bill

§1The range of views

Why this matters: It decides whether health coverage and food aid stay at today's levels in your state, and what the state would cut or tax to pay for them.

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Whether a state should use its own money to keep programs such as Medicaid and SNAP food aid at current levels as a 2025 federal law shifts more of SNAP's cost to states and changes federal Medicaid funding.1

  1. Use state money, including new taxes if needed, to keep programs at current levels
  2. Replace some lost federal money and let other programs shrink
  3. Don't replace lost federal money; reduce program costs, such as by tightening eligibility

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

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Statements that don't match one option (5)

  • Keisha Lance Bottoms GA Governor
    Her campaign's health plan says she would pursue targeted state premium support to help keep coverage affordable for Georgians who rely on the Affordable Care Act after the larger federal premium subsidies were not extended.2
  • Josh Green HI Governor
    His campaign website says the state is covering Affordable Care Act subsidies for families who rely on them.3
  • Deb Haaland NM Governor
    Her campaign website says she would use state resources, including budget surpluses and the state's Medicaid Trust Fund, to fill gaps left by federal cuts to Medicaid and other programs.4,5,6
  • Amy Acton OH Governor
    Her campaign website says she would work to find funding to cover gaps in rural health care programs as funding is cut.7
  • Helena Buonanno Foulkes RI Governor
    Her health care plan says the state cannot sit idly by as federal cuts threaten Medicaid coverage, and proposes a state-funded navigator program, modeled on the Affordable Care Act's, to help eligible Rhode Islanders keep their coverage, along with further increases in Medicaid payment rates to narrow the gap with Massachusetts and Connecticut.8

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.