Illinois Newsroom - WASHINGTON — The crises at the heart of the government shutdown fight in Washington were coming to a head Saturday as the federal food assistance program faced delays and millions of Americans were set to see a dramatic rise in their health insurance bills. The impacts on basic needs — food and medical care — underscored how the impasse... The post Uncertainty over federal food aid deepens as the shutdown fight reaches a crisis point appeared first on IPM Newsroom.
