In a new Issue Brief, In the Public Interest examines several provisions of the OBBBA related to the Medicaid and SNAP programs that may contribute to increased privatization of these programs in localities and states. 

From the introduction to the brief:

The harm that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will bring to healthcare programs, clean energy efforts, food assistance, the tax system, and more has been analyzed and well-documented. But another threat to localities and states lurks in the background. 

The OBBBA creates conditions that could incentivize or pressure local and state governments to increase or broaden current contracting of core public programs and services, especially social safety net programs—or privatize them completely. This would result in corporations and billionaires taking control of an ever-increasing share of our public goods, while extracting more money from cities and states to increase profits.

Read the full brief, Severing Our Social Safety Net.