States Ban SNAP Purchases of Soda, Candy

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Some U.S. states want to ban food stamp recipients from buying soda and candy. Here's why.

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Arkansas , Idaho and Indiana move to ban purchases of soda and candy with benefits provided by the federal food stamp program.

The rationale for such legislation is the view that blocking low-income Americans from using food stamps will help improve their health.

But anti-hunger advocates say these restrictions will add to negative perceptions of receiving food aid.

Other states are also likely to restrict recipients' food purchases, experts say.

Blocking SNAP purchases of candy and soda wouldn't keep recipients from using their own money to buy such items, as food stamp benefits typically pay for roughly two-thirds of a household's grocery costs. But advocates of banning unhealthy foods from SNAP say that taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook for supporting bad eating habits. "Taxpayers are subsidizing poor health," Sanders said Tuesday at a news conference with Rollins in Little Rock , Arkansas . "We're paying for it on the front end and the back end.".

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