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Illinois’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program error rate
hit 11.56%, nearly double the 6% threshold that triggers
financial penalties. Illinois House Minority Leader Tony
McCombie said error rate has gotten worse under the Pritzker
administration and if not fixed will cost taxpayers.
“When Governor Pritzker came into office, the error rate was
5.73%, which is under the 6% that the federal government is
going to be requiring now,” McCombie told The Center Square.
“Under J.B. Pritzker's administration, it's at 11.56. And this
could end up costing Illinois $700 [million] to $800 million.”
The SNAP error rate is for both overpayments and underpayments.
Illinois’ error rate is 11.56%, most of which is overpayments.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other leading Democrats have said that
President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to cut food
assistance for those who need it most to give tax breaks to
wealthy taxpayers.
“Let’s assume they’re not cruel, you know what they’re trying to
do? They're trying to take money away from this program and
truly, not trying, they just did it, and give huge tax cuts to
the wealthiest people of this country,” Pritzker said, referring
to an extension of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that benefits most
taxpayers.
House Minority Leader Tony McCombie said Pritzker is deflecting.
“The governor has to address this, put aside his political
attack on Trump, saying he's cutting snap … gaslighting, scaring
people, inciting anxiety, and handle the issue at hand,”
McCombie said. “This is all on him, and certainly not the first
example of agency mismanagement.”
McCombie also sighted Illinois’ mishandling of COVID-era
unemployment where audits found $3.2 billion dollars in
fraudulent unemployment payments.
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