The U.S. House of Representatives this past week passed Trump's comprehensive tax and spend bill that provides for major cuts in domestic spending programs. The Senate is now considering the bill, and opposition from some Senate Republicans portend a major battle ahead. Advocates are bracing for potential cuts to Georgia’s safety net programs
Excerpts from the Georgia Recorder:
- The measure would cut more than $600 billion over the next decade from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income Americans and people with disabilities. The savings would go toward extending President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.
- (A Georgia health expert) said she is concerned about Medicaid services (like) funding for home and community based services that are designed to keep people with disabilities out of nursing homes. There are already about 8,000 people in Georgia waiting to receive those services…“We can’t afford to lose any money. We’re already scraping the bone, and we’re already seeing families that are going to extreme means to support their loved ones.”
- As proposed, the bill also includes provisions that would hurt children who are covered by Medicaid
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