Becker's Healthcare February 13, 2018
Emily Rappleye

President Donald Trump on Monday released his $4.4 trillion budget for fiscal 2019 with an addendum to partially account for the two-year bipartisan budget deal reached in Congress last week.

Released under the title “Efficient, Effective, Accountable: An American Budget,” the proposal emphasizes austerity in nondefense programs while increasing funds to the Pentagon. President Trump’s proposal would add $984 billion to the deficit in 2019 and more than $7 trillion over the next decade, which would bring the projected deficit down by $3.6 trillion, according to Politico.

The addendum calls for $540 billion in nondefense discretionary spending next year, up $75 billion from the original budget to account for the two-year Bipartisan Budget Act enacted last week. However, this is...

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