Indiana and Arkansas move to cut soda from food stamp programs

Two GOP governors issued executive orders on Tuesday asking the federal government to allow them to cut soda and candy from food stamp benefits as part of the broader Republican Make America Healthy Again agenda. 

Rollins said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that she would move “very, very quickly” to approve the waivers, adding that she is “100% certain that these changes will be nothing but positive for those underserved communities that are food challenged.” 

Braun, at an event Tuesday alongside federal Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Medicare and Medicaid chief Mehmet Oz, told reporters that the order reflects “a new approach to health policy in the state of Indiana, focused on empowering everyone to

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