Trump Proposes Medicaid Cuts That Will Take Healt

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Trump Proposes Medicaid Cuts That Will Take Health Care Away From 10 Million Americans

By Jason Easley on Sun, May 21st, 2017 at 7:10 pm

The Trump budget proposes cutting $800 billion from Medicaid which would result in 10 million Americans losing their health care.

The Washington Post reported, “For Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health care to low-income Americans, Trump’s budget plan would follow through on a bill passed by House Republicans to cut more than $800 billion over 10 years. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that this could cut off Medicaid benefits for about 10 million people over the next decade.”

Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA that Trump’s budget is in the fast lane to being rejected by both parties in Congress..

“In yet another broken promise to working people, President Trump’s budget pulls the rug out from so many who need help: those suffering from opioid and heroin addiction, people in nursing homes and their families who may now have to care for them, the elderly, the disabled, and children.

This budget continues to reveal President Trump’s true colors: His populist campaign rhetoric was just a Trojan horse to execute long-held, hard-right policies that benefit the ultra-wealthy at the expense of the middle class. This budget is taking the fast lane to rejection by the American people and both parties in Congress.

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