{"id":1003930,"date":"2019-03-12T13:32:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003930"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:08:14","slug":"azar-will-have-to-defend-trumps-devastating-budget-cuts-and-his-fight-to-repeal-the-aca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/azar-will-have-to-defend-trumps-devastating-budget-cuts-and-his-fight-to-repeal-the-aca\/","title":{"rendered":"Azar Will Have To Defend Trump\u2019s Devastating Budget Cuts And His Fight To Repeal the ACA"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Secretary Azar testifies before Congress today, here\u2019s a look at some of the many devastating cuts in Trump\u2019s budget proposal that he will have to defend:<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s budget would slash HHS funding by 12 percent.<\/p>\n

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Modern Healthcare<\/a>: \u201cThe White House on Monday proposed cutting HHS funding by 12% in fiscal 2020, as well as slashing Medicaid spending and allowing states to lower benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s budget reignites his fight to repeal the ACA, and doubles down on his attacks on pre-existing condition protections.<\/p>\n

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Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cPresident Donald Trump\u2019s budget would re-open two health care battles he already lost in his first year in office: repealing \u2018Obamacare\u2019 and limiting future federal spending on Medicaid for low-income people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vox<\/a>: \u201cRepealing Obamacare and replacing it with Graham-Cassidy. … As I\u2019ve written previously, this plan would allow insurers to discriminate against those with preexisting conditions and significantly cut insurance subsidies for low- and middle-income Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s budget continues his efforts to sabotage the ACA and would increase out-of-pocket costs for many Americans.<\/p>\n

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Modern Healthcare<\/a>: \u201cThe budget calls for outlawing plans on the exchanges where the customer does not have to pay any premium, a veiled reference to \u2018silver loading.\u2019 \u2026 The federal government used to reimburse insurers, but President Trump cut off the payments in October 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vox<\/a>: \u201cIn many parts of the country, low-income Americans qualify for \u2018zero premium\u2019 insurance plans: health coverage where the entire premium would be covered by their government tax credit. The Trump administration wants to put an end to that. In order to \u2018increase consumer engagement,\u2019 the White House proposes that \u2018all subsidized individuals that purchase health coverage on the Federal Exchange to contribute something to their healthcare coverage.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Despite his repeated promises to protect Medicare, Trump\u2019s budget would cut $845 billion from the program.<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s \u2018Budget for a Better America\u2019 also includes dozens of spending cuts and policy overhauls that frame the early stages of the debate for the 2020 election. For example, Trump for the first time calls for cutting $845 billion from Medicare, the popular health care program for the elderly that in the past he had largely said he would protect.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s budget would cut overall Medicaid spending, eliminate funding for Medicaid expansion, and further restrict access to the program.<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cThe spending plan calls for a cut of nearly $1.5 trillion in Medicaid over 10 years and for $1.2 trillion to be added for a new \u2018Market Based Health Care Grant\u2019 \u2014 that is, the block grants that would start in 2021. It also would eliminate funding for Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has gone to about three dozen states over the past five years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cMr. Trump also proposes new work requirements for working-age adult recipients of food stamps, federal housing support and Medicaid, a move the administration said would reduce spending on those programs by $327 billion over a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump wants to cut the National Institutes of Health\u2019s budget by $4.5 billion, with the National Cancer Institute absorbing the biggest hit.<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cEfforts the president and HHS Secretary Alex Azar advocate to curb the rising price of prescription drugs are part of the budget, as well. But spending on the National Institutes of Health, a longtime favorite of lawmakers of both parties, would be reduced by $4.5 billion, with the National Cancer Institute proposed to absorb the largest chunk of that cut.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Though he pledged to end the transmission of HIV, Trump\u2019s budget slashes funding for international efforts to fight AIDS.<\/p>\n

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Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cThe budget calls for a 22 percent cut to PEPFAR, the U.S. program that has helped treat millions internationally, mostly in Africa, according to The ONE Campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump is also proposing to change the financing formula another program, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, so that the U.S. contribution is watered down. The budget calls for $1.1 billion for the Global Fund, down from $1.35 billion, the current level as reported by the Kaiser Family Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Secretary Azar testifies before Congress today, here\u2019s a look at some of the many devastating cuts in Trump\u2019s budget proposal that he will have to defend:   Trump\u2019s budget would slash HHS funding by 12 percent.   Modern Healthcare: \u201cThe White House on Monday proposed cutting HHS funding by 12% in fiscal 2020, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAzar Will Have To Defend Trump\u2019s Devastating Budget Cuts And His Fight To Repeal the ACA - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/azar-will-have-to-defend-trumps-devastating-budget-cuts-and-his-fight-to-repeal-the-aca\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-12T17:32:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:08:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/azar-will-have-to-defend-trumps-devastating-budget-cuts-and-his-fight-to-repeal-the-aca\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/azar-will-have-to-defend-trumps-devastating-budget-cuts-and-his-fight-to-repeal-the-aca\/\",\"name\":\"Azar Will Have To Defend Trump\u2019s Devastating Budget Cuts And His Fight To Repeal the ACA - 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