Health Affairs May 23, 2017
As has been widely reported, President Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget, released on May 23, 2017, would cut corporate and personal income taxes, particularly for higher-income taxpayers, increase defense and border security spending, and cut spending for health and social programs. Projected spending cuts across virtually all federal government health programs would be dramatic. Over the next ten years, the budget proposes cutting Obamacare” outlays by $1.25 trillion, resulting in $250 billion in deficit reduction, through the American Health Care Act’s program amendments. Beyond that, Trump’s budget would cut Medicaid spending by $610 billion and cut CHIP by $5.8 billion (while extending it through 2019.
Medicaid would apparently be cut beyond the AHCA reductions by increasing the stringency of...
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