Democratic National Committee Issues Statement on Trump’s Opioid Briefing
"Trump promised he'd come to the aid of communities ravaged by the opioid epidemic, but so far he's done nothing for them. In fact, Trump's budget proposal and the Medicaid cuts he supported as part of the Republican healthcare repeal would both make this crisis even worse. Until Trump takes real action and abandons his attempts to reduce healthcare access to these communities, anything he does is nothing but more empty rhetoric and another broken promise."
Trump supported healthcare repeal that would hurt efforts to combat the opioid epidemic and could make it even worse.
Five Thirty Eight: "If the Medicaid expansion is phased out, which the
Trump proposed a
The Hill: "
Trump's budget would convert Medicaid to a block grant, which could reduce services, and allow states to impose work requirements for certain Medicaid beneficiaries.
The Hill: "The HHS budget, which was posted online and then quickly deleted, also calls for changing how Medicaid is financed. The proposal would transition the joint federal-state program from a traditional entitlement to either a block grant or per capita cap. It would also allow states to impose work requirements for certain Medicaid beneficiaries."
Trump proposed cutting nearly
Trump and his administration have so far failed to take the opioid epidemic seriously.
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