Budget to Hurt Poor People on Medicaid, Report Says

Budget to Hurt Poor People on Medicaid, Report Says

WASHINGTON - 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.

"...about 45,000 enrollees would lose coverage in fiscal year 2010...65,000 would lose coverage in fiscal year 2015 because of the imposition of premiums. About 60 percent of those losing coverage would be children. ~Congressional Budget Office, Report

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.

As I said, the US Government does not care about its home land or its people, but you will see how much they pay for this illegal war...where there is Oil.