Budget to Hurt Poor People on Medicaid, Report Says

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Budget to Hurt Poor People on Medicaid, Report Says

By ROBERT PEAR
Published: January 30, 2006

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 — Millions of low-income people would have to pay more for health care under a bill worked out by Congress, and some of them would forgo care or drop out of Medicaid because of the higher co-payments and premiums, the Congressional Budget Office says in a new report.

The Senate has already approved the measure, the first major effort to rein in federal benefit programs in eight years, and the House is expected to vote Wednesday, clearing the bill for President Bush.

In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Mr. Bush plans to recommend a variety of steps to help people obtain health insurance and cope with rising health costs. But the bill, the Deficit Reduction Act, written by Congress over the last year with support from the White House, could reduce coverage and increase the number of uninsured, the budget office said.

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The report gives Democrats new ammunition to attack the bill. But they appear unlikely to defeat it, since the House approved a nearly identical version of the legislation by a vote of 212 to 206 on Dec. 19.

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"About one-third of those affected would be children, and almost half would be individuals with income below the poverty level," the report said in addressing co-payments for prescription drugs.

Continued @ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/30/politics/30budget.html

Don't let this happen!

Please call your Rep toll-free @ 1-800-426-8073 & tell them to oppose the budget cuts.

PLEASE!!!

For more info, please see this thread...

Rich get richer, poor get poorer, & House votes on budget cuts Feb. 1

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2411549#2415654

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1. "About one-third of those affected would be children,"--put this in the

subject line to your congresspersons.

[Immad2]

2. Just more of *'s "compassionate conservatism" - The rich get richer and

to hell with everyone else.

[Sapphire Blue]

3. No, NOT to hell w/everyone else! Please call your Rep: 1-800-426-8073

PLEASE!!! Tell them to vote NO on the budget cuts!!!

[Immad2]

4. Already have, NO to budget cuts, No to Alito, YES to Filibuster among a

hundred other faxes, emails and phone calls.

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6. *

:toast: :headbang: :yourock:

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[underpants]

5. Welcome to the Ownership Society

:hi:

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7. No thanks... I am very antisocial when it comes to that society.

[Sadie5]

8. Called Evan Bayh

so much that I think he hates to hear from me. Always get the standard form letter from him. What does Bush expect these folks to do. Die in the streets? Freeze to death?