Hospital groups are objecting strongly to hundreds of billions of dollars in proposed Medicare and Medicaid payment cuts in President Donald Trump's budget
Hospital groups are objecting strongly to hundreds of billions of dollars in proposed Medicare and Medicaid payment cuts in President Donald Trump's budget.Chip Kahn, president of the Federation of American Hospitals, is calling proposed Medicare cuts"arbitrary and blunt," adding,"the impact on care for seniors would be devastating."
The president's budget calls for the additional resources over a three-year period. The first installment in 2020 would total $480 million. Until now the Trump administration has given states the option of imposing their own work requirements. Some have done so, only to be taken to court. Trump's 2020 budget proposal seeks $43 billion for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. That's roughly $726 million more than the administration sought in the 2019 budget, but it's at least $13 billion less than what Congress approved. It's also about $14 billion less than what lawmakers approved for 2018.
Vought claims the Trump administration is the first to ever meet its economic forecasts two years running. The cap on cost sharing is part of several changes the budget would make to Medicare's popular"Part D" prescription benefit. It's not clear if all will find support.Anti-AIDS activists are condemning proposed cuts for worldwide efforts to fight the disease in President Donald Trump's new budget request.
E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that typically heat a nicotine solution into an inhalable vapor. Most experts agree they are less harmful than traditional cigarettes, but officials at the Food and Drug Administration and other health agencies were caught off guard last year by an explosion in underage use by teenagers. About 1 in 5 high school students reported using e-cigarettes last year, according to the most recent federal survey data.
It relies on early testing, use of anti-infective medications to prevent new cases, and drug treatment to suppress the virus in people already infected. The White House says it aims to ensure clean air and water and chemical safety, while"reducing regulatory burden and eliminating lower-priority activities."But Ken Cook of the Environmental Working Group says it would work to appease Trump's base and the fossil fuel and chemical industries.The Trump administration wants to cut Education Department funding by 10 percent while expanding money for school choice, school safety and apprenticeship programs.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says the plan would help taxpayers by ending programs"that are better handled at the state or local level." An overview of the budget says reducing veteran suicides would be a top priority. The plan also sets aside $4.3 billion for information technology investments to"improve the online interface between the veteran and the department."
Presidential budgets are rarely enacted, but Trump's sets up a new confrontation with Congress. He proposes boosting defense dollars but shifting some of it to a contingency account that doesn't count toward budget caps. He also wants an additional $8.6 billion for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.President Donald Trump's budget chief confirms that the president will ask Congress for $8.6 billion for his proposed wall along the U.S. border with Mexico as part of his 2020 budget proposal.
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