President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing massive, unprecedented spending cuts on social aid programs while trying to balance the budget, pay for big tax cuts for the rich, and increase Pentagon spending. At the center stands a gargantuan $800 billion reduction to Medicaid, which currently helps insure more than 70 million people, pays for millions of births each year, covers approximately 40 percent of all nursing home costs in America, and provides treatment for patients addicted to opioids. The cuts were detailed in President Trump’s first federal budget, which was delivered to Congress on Tuesday.
Comment on Trump’s budget revolves around a glaring broken campaign promise -- the press needs to say so
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Wed, 05/24/2017 - 10:43am
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