{"id":3507,"date":"2020-04-13T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-colleagues-urge-amazon-and-walmart-to-waive-delivery-fees-and-minimum-order-requirements-for-snap-recipients-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:52","slug":"merkley-colleagues-urge-amazon-and-walmart-to-waive-delivery-fees-and-minimum-order-requirements-for-snap-recipients-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-colleagues-urge-amazon-and-walmart-to-waive-delivery-fees-and-minimum-order-requirements-for-snap-recipients-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y sus colegas instan a Amazon y Walmart a renunciar a las tarifas de entrega y los requisitos m\u00ednimos de pedido para los destinatarios de SNAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El senador estadounidense de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, junto con los senadores Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) y Dianne Feinstein (D- -CA), hoy presion\u00f3 a Amazon y Walmart para que renunciaran a las tarifas de entrega y los requisitos m\u00ednimos de pedido para los pedidos realizados por clientes que utilizan los beneficios del Programa de Asistencia Alimentaria Suplementaria (SNAP), tambi\u00e9n conocidos como cupones de alimentos.<\/p>\n<p>A medida que la naci\u00f3n contin\u00faa comprometi\u00e9ndose con el distanciamiento social, que incluye evitar acercarse a menos de dos metros de otras personas, los estadounidenses recurren cada vez m\u00e1s a los servicios de entrega de comestibles para evitar a otras personas en las tiendas de comestibles abarrotadas. Sin embargo, el costo de utilizar estos servicios, incluidas las tarifas y los requisitos m\u00ednimos de pedido, hace que los servicios de entrega sean inasequibles para muchas familias que padecen inseguridad alimentaria, a quienes no les queda otra opci\u00f3n que comprar en persona y potencialmente exponerse al virus.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Reconocemos los esfuerzos de Amazon y Walmart para hacer que sus servicios de entrega de comestibles est\u00e9n disponibles para las familias que dependen de la compra de comestibles con SNAP EBT&quot;. <b>los senadores escribieron<\/b>. \u201cTeniendo en cuenta las ventajas que brindar\u00e1n los servicios de entrega de comestibles proporcionados por Amazon y Walmart para ayudar en el distanciamiento social, solicitamos que Amazon y Walmart eliminen cualquier requisito de pedido m\u00ednimo o tarifas de entrega para las familias que dependen de los beneficios de SNAP EBT para alimentos para hacer esto. servicio est\u00e9 m\u00e1s disponible para los estadounidenses de bajos ingresos durante esta pandemia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNadie deber\u00eda tener que decidir si asignar m\u00e1s dinero a la compra de comestibles o arriesgar su salud p\u00fablica. Se sigue monitoreando el impacto en la salud de contener el COVID-19, pero los impactos sociales y econ\u00f3micos de contener el nuevo coronavirus pueden abordarse si grandes empresas como la suya toman medidas con sentido com\u00fan\u201d. <b>continuaron los senadores.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>El senador Merkley ha utilizado durante mucho tiempo su posici\u00f3n como principal dem\u00f3crata en el subcomit\u00e9 de asignaciones que supervisa el Departamento de Agricultura de EE. UU. (USDA), que administra el programa SNAP, para ayudar a garantizar que las familias con inseguridad alimentaria reciban la ayuda que necesitan para mantener los alimentos en la mesa. El mes pasado, el senador anunci\u00f3 que <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-announces-reinstatement-of-critical-child-food-assistance-program-in-oregon-2020\/\">asegur\u00f3 con \u00e9xito un requisito para que el USDA una vez m\u00e1s brinde beneficios de verano a los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s del programa de Transferencia Electr\u00f3nica de Beneficios (EBT) de SNAP<\/a>\u2014que proporciona comidas de verano para ni\u00f1os\u2014despu\u00e9s de que la administraci\u00f3n Trump no proporcionara ninguna justificaci\u00f3n para no brindar apoyo el a\u00f1o pasado.<\/p>\n<p>El texto completo de la carta est\u00e1 disponible. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/imo\/media\/doc\/Letter%20to%20Walmart%20and%20Amazon.pdf\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a> y sigue a continuaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A la luz de la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus, o COVID-19, y el peligro que representa su propagaci\u00f3n para la salud p\u00fablica, le escribimos para instar a su empresa a eliminar los requisitos m\u00ednimos de pedido y las tarifas de env\u00edo para las compras de Amazon Fresh y Walmart solicitadas mediante el Programa de Nutrici\u00f3n Suplementaria. Programa de Asistencia Transferencia Electr\u00f3nica de Beneficios (SNAP EBT). Esta medida brindar\u00e1 a las familias de bajos ingresos en Alabama, Arizona, California, Iowa, Nebraska, Nueva York, Oreg\u00f3n y Washington la posibilidad de comprar alimentos sin la carga de gastar m\u00e1s de lo que una familia puede permitirse para limitar la exposici\u00f3n de la comunidad al nuevo coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>La pandemia de coronavirus ha enfermado a cientos de miles de estadounidenses y ha provocado miles de muertes. El n\u00famero de casos en Estados Unidos se ha disparado y afecta a casi todos los estados del pa\u00eds. A medida que la situaci\u00f3n evoluciona, debemos responder tomando medidas para mitigar la propagaci\u00f3n del virus y las consecuencias econ\u00f3micas de la pandemia que sienten las familias y los vulnerables. A medida que la pandemia se ha intensificado, la importancia del distanciamiento social ha quedado clara para detener la propagaci\u00f3n comunitaria de COVID-19 y mantener la salud p\u00fablica.<\/p>\n<p>Reconocemos los esfuerzos de Amazon y Walmart para hacer que sus servicios de entrega de comestibles est\u00e9n disponibles para las familias que dependen de la compra de comestibles con SNAP EBT. Teniendo en cuenta las ventajas que brindar\u00e1n los servicios de entrega de comestibles proporcionados por Amazon y Walmart para ayudar en el distanciamiento social, solicitamos que Amazon y Walmart eliminen cualquier requisito de pedido m\u00ednimo o tarifas de entrega para las familias que dependen de los beneficios de SNAP EBT para comestibles para realizar este servicio. m\u00e1s ampliamente disponible para los estadounidenses de bajos ingresos durante esta pandemia. Esto deber\u00eda incluir reservar una parte de los tiempos de entrega para los beneficiarios de SNAP que enfrentan barreras adicionales, incluido el transporte, para acceder a los alimentos.<\/p>\n<p>Nadie deber\u00eda tener que decidir si asignar m\u00e1s dinero a la compra de comestibles o arriesgar su salud p\u00fablica. Se sigue monitoreando el impacto en la salud de contener el COVID-19, pero grandes empresas como la suya pueden abordar los impactos sociales y econ\u00f3micos de contener el nuevo coronavirus tomando medidas de sentido com\u00fan.<\/p>\n<p>Gracias de antemano por su atenci\u00f3n a este asunto. Esperamos su respuesta.<\/p>\n<p>Atentamente,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), today pushed Amazon and Walmart to waive delivery fees and minimum order requirements for orders placed by customers using Supplemental Food Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, also known as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-3507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-health-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley, Colleagues Urge Amazon and Walmart to Waive Delivery Fees and Minimum Order Requirements for SNAP Recipients - 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