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Should States Allow Poor People to Use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits at Fast-Food Chains?
The
alarming rise in hunger in the United States has prompted some states
to authorize fast-food restaurants to accept Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The Restaurant Meals Program allows
elderly, disabled, and homeless SNAP recipients to use their benefits in
restaurants. Allowing more people to use their benefits in fast-food
restaurants has incited a high-profile debate between hunger advocates
and health advocates. As more states consider allowing SNAP recipients
to use their benefits in fast-food restaurants, they should push
fast-food restaurants to limit sodium and trans-fats in their products
and increase access to healthy foods in poor neighborhoods.
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- Jeremy Rosen, Rebecca Hoey, and Theresa Steed, Food Stamp and SSI Benefits: Removing Access Barriers for Homeless People (March-April 2001)
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