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The Cost Of Hunger In America: $167.5 Billion | A new report by the Center for American Progress’ Donald Shepard, Elizabeth Setren, and Donna Cooper finds that 48.8 million Americans experienced food insecurity last year, “that hunger costs our nation at least $167.5 billion due to the combination of lost economic productivity per year, more expensive public education because of the rising costs of poor education outcomes, avoidable health care costs, and the cost of charity to keep families fed.” That cost does not include federal nutrition programs, which cost another $94 billion.