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Inside McDowell County, West Virginia, the birthplace of food stamps | 60 Minutes

Name: Inside McDowell County, West Virginia, the birthplace of food stamps | 60 Minutes
Uploaded: 2026-02-22T19:00:00-0500
Duration: 13 min
Description: McDowell County, West Virginia barely survived coal's collapse and the opioid crisis. Now cuts to food stamps and Medicaid threaten to push its poorest residents to the edge.

McDowell County, West Virginia barely survived coal's collapse and the opioid crisis. Now cuts to food stamps and Medicaid threaten to push its poorest residents to the edge.