Donald Trump’s budget proves that he has no idea how to get things done or move our country forward. He has proposed a $800 billion cut to Medicaid and other draconian cuts to programs that Pennsylvanians rely on.
Newspapers across the commonwealth were quick to call out how badly Trump’s budget would hurt Pennsylvanians. Read more of the coverage here:
Allentown Morning Call: Wolf, Casey slam Medicaid cuts in Trump budget
Gov. Tom Wolf criticized the Trump administration’s approach, which is similar to a bill approved by House Republicans earlier this month, as one that would “force seniors to pay more for health care.” “Medicaid is a lifeline for seniors across Pennsylvania that helps pay the costs of nursing home care,” Wolf said in a statement. “The Trump budget proposes deep and devastating funding cuts over the next ten years, which would force many seniors out of nursing homes.” U.S. Sen. Bob Casey said the proposed Medicaid changes would “devastate Pennsylvanians living in rural communities.”
Philly.com: Local lawmakers slam Trump’s budget
Kenney echoed the concerns of local antipoverty and health-care advocates, saying cuts to programs such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance – which, under Trump’s proposal, would get $193 billion less over the next 10 years – would harm “Philadelphia’s most vulnerable children.” About 182,000 children here receive SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps. There are also 600,000 Philadelphians on the Medicaid rolls, Kenney said, which are slated for changes in federal reimbursements that could fuel deep cuts over the next decade. He also decried cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which he said funds public health programs for childhood vaccination and cancer prevention in Philadelphia.
Sunbury Daily Item: State leaders warn Trump budget could weaken Pennsylvania’s safety nets
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal would slash spending on food stamps by more than 25 percent and force Pennsylvania to absorb a 400 percent increase in Medicaid costs or cut coverage, advocates say. The plan would force the state to absorb the cost of health care for the 718,000 people who were covered under the Medicaid expansion or force the state to drop coverage for those people.
Johnstown Tribune Democrat: Trump targets farm subsidies in budget cuts
In proposing to slash domestic spending, President Donald Trump is taking aim at the $8 billion subsidy program that insures farmers against crop losses. Farm groups immediately said they’d fight Trump’s budget proposal to limit the amount of assistance farmers can get for crop insurance and to bar grants to wealthy farmers. The American Farm Bureau said in a statement the subsidies provide farmers a safety net should something happen to their crops. “Clearly,” it said, “this budget fails agriculture and rural America.”