Veterans lost their shield from SNAP's three-month limit under the final law Greg Murphy voted for on July 3, 2025. Those ages 18 through 64 without a qualifying disability or other exemption now need 80 hours of work or training each month, or their food aid ends. North Carolina counts 47,000 veterans in households on SNAP.
In Medicaid, the work rule's only veteran-specific exemption requires a VA rating of total disability. A veteran rated partly disabled must log hours unless another exemption applies. North Carolina's health department lists veterans among the SNAP exemptions that have ended.
Greg Murphy's Votes on Food Aid and Health Coverage for Veterans
- Murphy's Votes Put Veterans on SNAP's Three-Month Clock. Greg Murphy's July 3, 2025 vote helped send the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act to the president. Section 10102 of the law rewrote SNAP's work rules for able-bodied adults. Veterans no longer get a pass on the time limit. SNAP now ends after three months for a veteran ages 18 through 64 with no qualifying disability or other exemption who cannot prove 80 hours a month on the job or in training. Nationwide, about 1.2 million veterans with low incomes get SNAP, Stateline reported from a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities study.
- The Work Rule Murphy Voted For Gives Partly Disabled Veterans No Automatic Pass. Passed 218 to 214 on July 3, 2025 with Murphy's yes, the law requires expansion adults on Medicaid to show 80 hours a month of work or other activity. Its veterans' carve-out covers only someone who "is a veteran with a disability rated as total under section 1155 of title 38". A veteran rated below total gets no automatic exemption. Unless another exemption fits, that veteran must document hours each month or risk losing Medicaid.
What Greg Murphy's Votes Mean for North Carolina Veterans
- 47,000 North Carolina veterans share a home with SNAP benefits. From 2021 through 2023, an average of 47,000 North Carolina veterans lived in SNAP households, by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' tally. They are 8% of the state's 618,000 veterans. Veterans 18 to 64 who lack a qualifying disability, or any other exemption, face the time limit.
- North Carolina veterans have lost their SNAP time-limit exemption under the law. North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services says "Some exemptions have ended, including those for veterans" under H.R. 1. Veterans in the state who miss the hours now lose food aid after three months.
- Veterans covered by Medicaid expansion in North Carolina's 3rd District must prove hours. North Carolina's 3rd District had 53,500 adults enrolled through the Medicaid expansion in 2025, KFF counts. Any veteran among them without a total disability rating, or another exemption, must report work hours.
Frequently Asked Questions About Greg Murphy on Veterans
What is Greg Murphy's record on veterans under Trump?
Greg Murphy voted in July 2025 to end veterans' exemption from SNAP's time limit. The same law's Medicaid work rule has one veteran-specific exemption, and it requires a VA rating of total disability. Statewide, 47,000 veterans live in homes that get SNAP.
Did Greg Murphy vote to cut food stamps for veterans?
Greg Murphy did, on July 3, 2025, when he voted for the law that ended veterans' time-limit exemption. North Carolina's health department has confirmed that exemption is gone. A veteran between 18 and 64 who has no other exemption and falls short of the monthly hours loses SNAP after three months.
Does the Medicaid work rule Greg Murphy voted for exempt disabled veterans?
Greg Murphy voted for a rule whose veteran exemption reaches only veterans with a disability rated as total, Georgetown's Center for Children and Families explains. A veteran with a lower rating gets no exemption on that basis. That veteran must report work hours or qualify some other way.
Last updated: 2026-10-27