Medicaid sign at a press conference. (Photo Shaneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
Recent analyzes say that a number of proposals from republican legislators in Washington and Columbus will cut health care and other significant programs for the poor on the village of Ohio and its cities.
A spokeswoman group is trying to put pressure on republican American senators to vote against it.
Republican legislators in DC and Columbus invent budgets. As they do, they are looking for ways to reduce expenses for financing weighted tax reductions towards the wealthy.
Act on reconciliation – “One Big Beautiful Bill” by President Donald Trump – adopted by the House of US representatives reduced taxes by over $ 3 trillion and would give 70% of money to the richest 10% According to a partisan Congress Budget Office.
At the state level regarding the policy of Ohio, it stated that the proposal with a flat tax adopted by the Ohio Senate would cost $ 1.1 billion a year and gave 96% benefits for 20% of the most significant paid people.
Some Republicans also plan deep cuts of the social security network on both levels.
The Robert Wood Johnson and Urban Institute foundation published last week Issue tiny The saying that the reduction of Medicaid and the market of the Act on inexpensive care would cause a loss of $ 1 trillion of health expenditure for poor and working people. The analysis stated that Ohio himself would lose $ 31 billion.
Medicaid cuts would cost Ohio hospitals by $ 9.5 billion – and they would have to take on more uncompensated care, because more Ohioana would become uninsured. The Congress Budget Office estimates that it would create one great pretty bill 16 million more uninsured Americans until 2034
Study: Ohio among the most arduous hits, if Congress, Trump cut medicaid
“Congress Medicaid Cuts, which is considering, would be the greatest reduction in the financing of the history of the program and it is difficult to overestimate how destructive influence would be,” Katherine Hempstyad from the Robert Wood Johnson foundation said in a written statement. “Such drastic changes in Medicaid financing would have wave effects that go far beyond people covered by the program, further compression of hospitals, limiting access to care for the entire community and destabilization of the state and local economy.”
Significant federal financing cuts for Medicaid would be particularly arduous for Ohioans. The proposed budget of the governor Mike Dwine has a recipe that would end the 11-year expansion of Medicaid. That would It costs 770,000 ohioans – most of which work – their health insurance.
The Fund of the Nations Community in May said that Buckeye will be One of the five most arduous hits by proposed cuts. And arrived at a critical time, said the organization Report Released on Wednesday.
Ohio took the 30th place in terms of the performance of the healthcare system. This assessed especially badly in terms of infant mortality, hospitalization that can be avoided and uneven mortality between black and other ohioans.
Republican expenditure proposals would not only reduce health funds for Americans with lower income, but would also decimal food assistance for the poorest.
“Republican reconciliation plan at home would reduce almost $ 300 billion From the additional nutritional assistance program (SNAP) until 2034, based on the estimates of the Congress Budget Office (CBO) – by far the biggest cut in history, “wrote the Budget Center and Political Priorities in May.
“As a result of these cuts and other legislation policies-who are used to partially pay for billions in reduced taxes of wealthy people-million people would lose some or all food help they need to provide foodstuffs when many low-income households are fighting for high food costs and other basic needs.”
If these proposed cuts become reality, ohio food banks they will not be able to improve the hunger they createThe executive director of Ohio Association of Foodbanks said at the beginning of this month.
Discounts of taxes weighted in the direction of the richest and cuts benefits for the most sensitive so that group families over billionaires try to put pressure on republican senators to vote for them on one great pretty act. Within seven states, $ 5 million, advertisement He went in Ohio this week.
“We sent Senators (Bernie) Moreno and (Jon) got into Washington to reduce costs,” says the narrator. “So now, when they rule, what are they doing with it? They are throwing 16 million people out of healthcare, take food from 18 million children, and the costs are run by a roof of 80 million families. Everything that gives a great wealth of a tax reduction worth USD 250,000, while your costs are rising. They pay less and you pay more. It’s billionaires.
. Congress Budget Office He estimated that 16 million would lose health insurance as part of a republican plan. Urban Institute He estimates that 18.3 million children would lose food assist. Economists are commonly expecting Trump tariffs – import taxes – to cause significant inflation. Budget and Politics Priority Center It is estimated that 1% of the richest households will receive an average annual tax reduction of USD 250,000.
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