Saturday, March 11, 2017

Dylan Matthews — The Republican plan to slash Medicaid, explained

The cumulative effect, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, is a $370 billion cut to federal funding to Medicaid over 10 years. Some of that money could be made up for by states, but most of it won't be.
And because Medicaid is already the cheapest insurance there is in America — cheaper per person than either Medicare or private insurance — cuts of that scale will necessitate kicking millions of people off the program.

2 comments:

Noah Way said...

There is also a $157b tax cut for those with incomes over $1m.

Matt Franko said...

Because everyone knows that's where the munnie comes from Noah....