House Reconciliation Bill’s Health Care and SNAP Cuts Put Older Adults at Risk

House Reconciliation Bill’s Health Care and SNAP Cuts Put Older Adults at Risk

A new analysis from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) finds the House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill would directly harm older adults by eroding their access to affordable health care and critical food assistance. Health Care More than seven million older adults and nearly five million people with disabilities receive health coverage through Medicaid and Medicare. Medicaid covers over 3 in 5 nursing home residents and p…

Guest Editorial: House GOP budget plan will end health care, food assistance for millions of Americans

A preliminary estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the budget proposal before Congress would reduce the number of people with health care by 8.6 million over a decade. —AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE     Pennsylvania’s U.S. Sens. Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dave McCormick should become part of a bipartisan effort to stop … Continued