Big Beautiful Bill

Food banks, which are not state-funded resources, largely rely on philanthropy and their own wallets. The banks were calling on South Carolinians and their good will to help feed people beyond the fund drive. And the generosity will need to trickle down to food pantries and restaurants.

Federal cuts to Medicaid will shrink over 10 years. Hospitals relying on state-directed payments, especially independent hospitals, are trying not to worry.

While SNAP recipients calculate food assistance cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill, food banks calculate the double whammy of more people turning to them as just federal dollars to fund food banks also drop.