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Reminder to Sec. Tom Price: Trump Budget is a Brutal Attack on Medicaid

June 8, 2017
Blog Post
Moments ago, HHS Secretary Tom Price testified before the Senate Finance Committee, insisting that the Trump Administration's budget does not slash Medicaid funding but rather ‘provides for an increase.'

Um, are we talking about the same budget here? Because that is a flat-out lie.

Secretary Price, let us remind you of the truth: The Trump budget and Trumpcare propose a devastating $1.4 trillion cut to Medicaid, leaving America's most vulnerable without access to lifesaving services for addiction treatment and mental health care.