May 21, 2019 – The Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule that allowed health workers to opt out of providing medical care if the procedure violates their conscience. Examples cites include abortion, gender confirmation surgery, and assisted suicide.
May 21, 2017 – To balance the budget after billions in new defense spending, Donald Trump proposed slashing $1.7 trillion over the next ten years from programs supporting low-income Americans. Among the programs were food stamps (losing $193 billion) and Medicaid (losing $800 billion).
In 2018, 42M Americans depended on food stamps and 68M Americans had their healthcare covered through Medicaid.
‘Not on my watch’ -Biden blasts TFG over suggested cuts to SS, MDCR.
">150M ppl are covered by Medicare or Medicaid,, or ~45% of the US pop. MDCR covers primarily older Americans, while Medicaid covers primarily Americans with lower incomes.
The SS Admin says an average of almost 68M ppl get benefits monthly, about 20% of the US pop.
The vast majority of those SS recipients are age 62+."