Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, set to be unveiled on Tuesday, will include cuts to Medicaid and propose changes to other assistance programs for low-income citizens, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A Republican healthcare bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives in early May seeks to overhaul the national healthcare system and cut more than $800 billion over the next 10 years from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor and disabled.
The healthcare bill faces a difficult time in the Senate, where Democrats and some Republicans worry about its impact on costs for low-income Americans, among other issues.
“In yet another broken promise to working people, President Trump’s budget pulls the rug out from so many who need help,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement, in response to the report. “This budget is taking the fast lane to rejection by the American people and both parties in Congress”
The Post report said the White House would also give individual U.S. states more autonomy over a variety of anti-poverty poverty programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the largest U.S. anti-hunger program, which was formerly called the food stamp program.
More than 44 million Americans received benefits from the SNAP program in February, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Does anyone still care what the Washington Post says? It’s just the same old Democrat Propaganda Post, Washington Edition.
Simple medicad cut ;
Charge all medicad recipients a small amount for their health care . Charge them what they pay for an iPhone . They should be charged co pays too . Not only would it save via the actual fees paid , studies show that when people pay for their health care they are more responsible . Hence forth double savings .
Under my plan everyone still gets medicad. Nobody looses coverage or dies . Just people will pay a drop and use it more wisely while making smarter health choices
Then we can discuss cutting dental and free shoes .
TrumpISprez4-8’s plan…my foot. He’s once again aping a rather insensitive comment made by Rep. Jason Chaffetz , to the effect that low-income people should have to prioritize purchasing health care over their iPhones…Chaffetz came under withering rebuke for the comment – and walked it back the next day.
To Trump: Thanks for all your info . In 9 comments you just solved all the health care problems for 324 million people. It is sad.
Trump, When you have a moral excuse to not help people, you could have lived very well in Sedom. Those are Sedom philosophies.
I think some fool is paying TrumpISprez4-8 by the word.