Penelope
Diamond Member
- Jul 15, 2014
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They use Chip for everything, seems the GOP in 2015 was unwilling to reauthorize chip, unless they could get huge cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
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House Republicans adopted a 2016 budget in a 228-199 vote on March 25, 2015. The budget would increase defense spending close to $96 billion, well above President Obama’s $58 billion request. The budget would balance in nine years by cutting $5.5 trillion in spending over the next decade, most of which would come from programs that serve people of limited means.
The House Budget cuts Medicare by $316 billion, and moves to a “premium support” model to begin in 2024; combines Parts A and B deductibles; cuts Medicaid by $913 billion, not including repeal of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, for a total cut of about $1.7 trillion; converts Medicaid into a block grant; rescinds the Administration’s ability to issue waivers for work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; converts SNAP to a State Flexibility Fund.
Budget Committee Democrats offered 27 different amendments, including such amendments as “Preventing the End of Medicare as We Know It,” with lead sponsor Rep. Lujan Grisham, blocking the “premium support” model. All of the Democratic amendments were rejected.
April 2015 – The Potential Impact of the “Doc Fix” & Other Issues || Center for Medicare Advocacy
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Of course Obama has to sign it , it was like he had a gun to his head.
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House Republicans adopted a 2016 budget in a 228-199 vote on March 25, 2015. The budget would increase defense spending close to $96 billion, well above President Obama’s $58 billion request. The budget would balance in nine years by cutting $5.5 trillion in spending over the next decade, most of which would come from programs that serve people of limited means.
The House Budget cuts Medicare by $316 billion, and moves to a “premium support” model to begin in 2024; combines Parts A and B deductibles; cuts Medicaid by $913 billion, not including repeal of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, for a total cut of about $1.7 trillion; converts Medicaid into a block grant; rescinds the Administration’s ability to issue waivers for work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; converts SNAP to a State Flexibility Fund.
Budget Committee Democrats offered 27 different amendments, including such amendments as “Preventing the End of Medicare as We Know It,” with lead sponsor Rep. Lujan Grisham, blocking the “premium support” model. All of the Democratic amendments were rejected.
April 2015 – The Potential Impact of the “Doc Fix” & Other Issues || Center for Medicare Advocacy
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Of course Obama has to sign it , it was like he had a gun to his head.
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