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New SNAP rules requiring that benefits be used at stores selling healthier food could backfire

  • Written by Benjamin Chrisinger, Assistant Professor of Community Health, Tufts University
imageA man shops at El Recuerdo Market in Los Angeles in 2025, next to a sign indicating that customers may pay with SNAP benefits.AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

The more than 250,000 shops and stores that accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as payment for groceries will have to meet tougher requirements starting on Nov. 4, 2026,...

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