SNAP gives an able-bodied adult without dependents three months of benefits, then requires 80 documented hours a month at work, training or volunteering; veterans used to be excused, and the final law took the excuse away from those the limit covers; Stateline counts roughly 1.2 million lower-income veterans on SNAP nationally. Ann Wagner, the Republican representing Missouri's 2nd District, voted for that law on July 3, 2025.
For Medicaid, the law's work-test exemption for veterans requires a VA rating of "total," leaving partially rated veterans enrolled through Missouri's expansion to report hours unless another exemption fits. CBPP finds 21,000 Missouri veterans living in households on SNAP.
Ann Wagner's Votes on Food and Health Benefits for Veterans
- Section 10102 of the Law Wagner Voted For Strips Veterans' Exemption From SNAP's Three-Month Cutoff. Ann Wagner's yes on July 3, 2025 came on the Senate-amended bill, the version that removed this exemption. In Section 10102, SNAP's work test for adults without dependents is rewritten and veterans lose their carve-out, so one who has no qualifying disability must prove 80 hours a month of work, volunteering or training to keep food aid beyond three months. Stateline, citing CBPP, reports around 1.2 million veterans with lower incomes on SNAP nationally, and many states began enforcing the tougher rule February 1, 2026; a veteran who cannot produce the paperwork loses the benefit.
- The Medicaid Work Rule Wagner Voted For Has a Veterans Waiver That Requires a Total Disability Rating. Under the law Wagner voted for, which cleared the House 218 to 214, Medicaid expansion enrollees owe 80 hours a month of qualifying activity, and the lone veterans waiver reads: "is a veteran with a disability rated as total under section 1155 of title 38". Partially rated veterans, whether the rating is for a knee, hearing loss or post-traumatic stress, get no waiver on that ground and must document their hours or risk the Medicaid coverage many use alongside VA care.
What Ann Wagner's Votes Mean for Missouri Veterans
- Missouri veterans in SNAP households, 21,000 in all, lost their shield from the time limit wherever it applies to them. Averaging 2021 to 2023, CBPP finds 21,000 of Missouri's 347,000 veterans, 6%, in homes receiving SNAP. With the carve-out gone, a Missouri veteran out of work with no disability or other exemption gets three months of groceries before the benefit stops unless the 80 hours are on file.
- Partially rated veterans on Missouri's Medicaid expansion must file work hours to stay covered. Missouri chose to expand Medicaid, and KFF counts 24,400 expansion enrollees in its 2nd District for 2025. Every veteran in that group who lacks a total rating, and fits no other exemption, has to report hours each month once the rule starts, no later than January 1, 2027.
Frequently Asked Questions About Ann Wagner on Veterans
What is Ann Wagner's record on veterans under Trump?
On July 3, 2025, Ann Wagner was a yes on final passage of the law that stripped veterans' protection from SNAP's three-month cutoff and whose Medicaid work-test waiver for veterans hinges on a total disability rating. In Missouri, 21,000 veterans live in SNAP households, CBPP finds.
What happens to SNAP for a Missouri veteran who loses a job, under the law Ann Wagner voted for?
Ann Wagner voted for a law under which a Missouri veteran without a qualifying disability no longer has an exemption from SNAP's time limit, so three months in, the veteran has to show 80 hours a month of work, job training, volunteering or job search or the food aid ends. Many states started enforcing it February 1, 2026.
Must a Missouri veteran with a partial VA rating meet the Medicaid work rule Ann Wagner voted for?
Yes, unless some other exemption fits: Ann Wagner voted for a law that waives the hours only for a veteran whose disability is "rated as total," so a Missourian on expansion Medicaid with a partial rating must log 80 hours of work or similar activity each month.
Last updated: 2026-10-27