U.S. Health & Nutrition

At RESULTS, we believe that everyone deserves affordable healthcare and nutritious food to eat. We work to:

Strengthen and expand SNAP (formerly known as food stamps), which helps put food on the table for more than 40 million Americans. We push back against any policy proposals that would harm or undermine the program.
Ensure that Medicaid, a federal health insurance program that provides free or low-cost health care for 1 in 5 people in the United States, stays fully funded and available to those who need it.

U.S. Health & Nutrition Resources

Latest from the Hill

Let’s Stop This Attack on Health Coverage for Millions of Americans

They're at it again: some officials in Washington are trying to revive last month’s failed proposal to gut health care for millions of low-income Americans. This weekend when members of Congress pick up the local paper, you can make sure they see their constituents saying “no” to this bad proposal.

Apr 21st 2017 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

43 states – and counting

Red states and blue states, big cities and small towns — you're making headlines in every corner of the country. When members of Congress pick up their hometown newspapers, they've been seeing the same message from RESULTS volunteers: Don't pull the rug out from under low-income Americans.

Mar 31st 2017 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Analysis & Commentary

Trump’s Proposed Child Care Plan Leaves Out Those in Poverty

The president released a Child Care Plan in September describing how he would supplement costs of child care. Unfortunately, this plan would benefit the wealthy and leave many low-income families without the funding to access necessary child care.

Mar 28th 2017 | Inequality & Tax Policy | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Analysis & Commentary

Onward

When congressional leaders took aim at the health care of millions of low-income Americans, you fought back. And tonight we can celebrate a victory that means — at least for now — Medicaid stays intact and health care for 24 million Americans is safe.

Mar 27th 2017 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Latest from the Hill

Take 2 minutes to stop this devastating health bill

On March 25, the U.S. House of Representatives will take a vote that could end Medicaid as we know it. Your phone call right now can make a difference.

Mar 22nd 2017 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

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Press Releases

UPDATE: New administration rule threatens immigrant families

Today the administration announced that it is moving forward with a rule proposed last fall that will force immigrants to risk food, health care, and housing assistance in order to stay in the U.S.

Aug 12th 2019 | Housing & Home Ownership | U.S. Health & Nutrition

RESULTS in the News

RESULTS advocates publish over 50 pieces of media against proposed immigration rule

When the Trump administration proposed a rule that would deny permanent residency to immigrants who receive federal assistance, RESULTS volunteers took action.

Dec 19th 2018 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

RESULTS in the News

CNN: I’m a chef, an author and a mom – and I’ve been on food stamps

RESULTS Expert on Poverty Clara Moore wrote a powerful op-ed for CNN about her experience on SNAP (formerly called food stamps) and how we can combat harmful stereotypes about people living in poverty.

Dec 19th 2018 | Experts on Poverty | U.S. Health & Nutrition

RESULTS in the News

Coast to Coast, Standing Up for Anti-Poverty Programs

Congress, don’t pull the rug out from under low-income Americans.

Dec 12th 2018 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Press Releases

New administration rule threatens millions of immigrant families

This weekend the administration announced a draconian new proposal that jeopardizes nutrition, health care, and other basic needs for immigrant families in the United States.

Sep 25th 2018 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Press Releases

New Census Bureau data shows 1 in 8 Americans still live below the poverty line

Statement from Joanne Carter, Executive Director of RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund on the release of new data on poverty from the U.S. Census Bureau:

Sep 12th 2018 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Press Releases

Farm bill fails on House floor

Bill would have stripped food assistance from struggling Americans.

May 18th 2018 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Press Releases

Farm Bill draft would take food away from people struggling to find work

Today House Agriculture Committee Chair Mike Conaway (TX-11) unveiled a draft Farm Bill that would take basic food assistance away from low-income Americans struggling to find work.

Apr 12th 2018 | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Press Releases

White House budget would gut programs that fight poverty in the United States and around the world

The White House has once again jeopardized the futures of families struggling to put food on the table, kids around the world seeking an education, and millions more people facing poverty. The administration’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget request proposes massive funding cuts to effective anti-poverty programs in the U.S. and around the world. Now the process and final decisions fall to Congress, where there is stiff opposition to much of this budget and where similar proposals failed last year.

Press Releases

Rejecting policy proposals that threaten programs for low-income Americans

Yesterday the House of Representatives passed a budget resolution that threatens to slash critical anti-poverty programs while fast-tracking massive tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations.

Oct 06th 2017 | Economic Opportunity | Inequality & Tax Policy | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Weekly Updates (U.S. Poverty)