A government watchdog group uncovered that well over 65,000 substantial lottery winners since 2019 continued collecting food stamps, even when they were over the federal income threshold for the program.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, introduced a similar bill in September. The Snap Back Inaccurate SNAP Payments Act, she says, could reduce spending by nearly $1 billion a month by requiring all errors, regardless of the amount, to be counted and directing state governments to stop giving out ineligible benefits or they will have to eat some of the costs.
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