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The Natasha Crain Podcast

55. Is It Unbiblical to Reduce Medicaid and SNAP Benefits?

The Natasha Crain Podcast

Natasha Crain

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5.01.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I read my recent article, "The One Big Beautiful Bill Isn’t as Unchristian as Everyone Seems to Think." You've surely heard progressives (both Christian and nonbelievers) lament how unbiblical and "against the teachings of Jesus" the OBBB is, especially due to its reduction in Medicaid and SNAP benefits. But is it inherently unjust to take away government benefits from those in need? That's the question I address today. MENTIONED IN THE SHOW: Original article source: https:/...

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, welcome to the Natasha Crane podcast. Well, today I want to read to you an article

0:12.1

that I actually posted on my website now about three weeks ago. And I meant to record it earlier

0:17.7

for those who would rather listen than read, and I've just had a lot

0:21.2

going on, so I haven't been able to. If you've already read my article called The One Big Beautiful Bill isn't as unchristian as everyone seems to think, then you probably don't need to listen to this unless you just want a refresher on it. But I know that a lot of times when it's a fairly long article and written form that people do like to listen. So that's why I wanted to record it.

0:20.6

And I think at the time, on it. But I know that a lot of times when it's a fairly long article in written form that people

0:38.3

do like to listen. So that's why I wanted to record it. And I think at the time, there were more people

0:43.0

actively talking about this one big beautiful bill on social media. It feels like it's a little bit

0:49.2

late now to be talking about it on the podcast. But at the same time, really, as you're going to see, my article

0:55.6

wasn't about the specifics of the one big, beautiful bill so much, as it was about the responses

1:01.4

that we were seeing from left-leaning Christians on social media and how they line up with what

1:07.7

the Bible teaches about some of these claims. And so I think this is really

1:11.5

an evergreen topic, even though the specific catalyst for writing it and now speaking about it

1:17.4

was maybe more at a point in time. So with that said, I want to read this to you. I might add a

1:23.4

couple of comments here and there that aren't in the article itself just because I've had a lot of,

1:28.8

I don't know, some people will call nasty grams or hate mail for even writing about this subject.

1:34.0

So I just want to emphasize a few things too as we go through it.

1:37.1

So with that said, let's dig in.

1:40.7

The one big beautiful bill, O B, B, that's how I'm going to refer to it forever more now,

1:45.8

was signed into law earlier this month, so last month, with sweeping changes to taxes,

1:51.2

immigration, defense, energy, health, and more.

1:54.7

Since then, there has been widespread moral outrage over the bill,

1:58.2

especially in light of cuts to Medicaid, cuts to the Supplemental

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