Trump’s budget would destroy the health coverage of at least 14 million poor people
“The Trump administration’s new budget proposal includes massive cuts to Medicaid that health policy experts are characterizing as ‘astounding.’ These cuts could result in at least 14 million low-income people losing their Medicaid benefits over the next decade, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that examined part of the proposal. The human impact would likely be much greater than that, however. The CBO estimate, which was released earlier this month, doesn’t take into account the full scope of the proposed hundreds of billions in budget cuts. Trump’s budget document, called ‘A New Foundation for American Greatness,’ assumes the Obamacare replacement bill that was narrowly passed by the House in early May will become law. That legislation proposes slashing Medicaid funding by $800 billion over the next 10 years, which is about 25 percent less funding than the CBO projects under current law.”