October 14, 2005
- CHN: Low-Income Programs Threatened with Across-the-Board Cuts
Congress is threatening nearly every program funded annually by the federal government – from education to biomedical research, workforce training, Head Start, housing, WIC and many others – with an across the board cut that may be between 2 and 4 percent. Not content with cutting mandatory programs such as Medicaid and Food Stamps by Read More »
- CHN: House Presses for Even Larger Cuts to Low-Income Services
In the coming weeks, the House of Representatives will be pushing a new plan to cut at least $50 billion – and possibly more – from services that mostly help low-income and vulnerable people. Less than two months ago hurricane Katrina swept the Gulf Coast, revealing the calamitous consequences of failing to invest in communities Read More »
Posted in Food and Nutrition, Health, Health Care Reform, Income Support, Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, Social Services, Tax Policy, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Unemployment Insurance Comments Off - CHN: Victims of Katrina Still Waiting for Medicaid Help
While thousands of destitute Katrina survivors are reportedly being turned away from Medicaid, the White House has refused to support the bipartisan Emergency Health Care Relief Act (S. 1716) designed to provide federally funded health care to those affected by the disaster. The Administration continues to promote the existing process through which states can apply Read More »
Posted in Health, Health Care Reform, Medicaid Comments Off - CHN: House and Senate Fail to Extend Help for Low-Income Medicare Recipients
Congress failed to extend the Transitional Medicaid Assistance (TMA) for families leaving the welfare rolls before leaving for a week-long recess. They also failed to extend the QI-1 program, which pays the Medicare Part B premium ($88.50 in 2006) for Medicare beneficiaries with incomes between 120 and 135 percent of the federal poverty level. On Read More »
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