Medicaid is remarkably cost-effective, averaging about $3,138 per child per year—roughly $8.60 per day, according to First Focus on Children . Meanwhile, SNAP (food assistance) currently provides about $6.20 per day for healthy meals under the updated Thrifty Food Plan from 2021 . In stark contrast, Republican proposals within the “Big, Beautiful Bill” would deliver approximately $6 million per billionaire in tax cuts each year—scarcely a rounding error for them but enough to feed a child for