Washington Monthly via AlterNet:
GOP Cruelty: Budget Would Leave 44 Million Poor People UninsuredUnlike the House Republican plan to end Medicare, which is fading fast, the GOP’s vision for Medicaid is worth worrying about — not because it’s worse, but because it has a better chance at passing.
The consequences for millions would be severe.
The House Republican budget would leave up to 44 million more low-income people uninsured as the federal government cuts states’ Medicaid funding by about one-third over the next 10 years, nonpartisan groups said in a report issued Tuesday.
The analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Urban Institute concluded that Medicaid’s role as the nation’s safety net health care program would be “significantly compromised … with no obvious alternative to take its place,” if the GOP budget is adopted.
This isn’t exactly a secret; proponents of the GOP agenda know this would happen. Indeed, for many, it’s a feature, not a bug — turn Medicaid over to states in the form of block grants; save a lot of federal funds; and let states start limiting access and /or rationing health care serves for beneficiaries. .............(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/584059/gop_cruelty%3A_budget_would_leave_44_million_poor_people_uninsured/