Schumer Statement on Reported Medicaid Cuts in Trump Administration Budget Proposal

Date: May 21, 2017

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Schumer Statement on Reported Medicaid Cuts in Trump Administration Budget Proposal

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the below statement in response to reports of Medicaid cuts in the Trump Administration's budget proposal:

"In yet another broken promise to working people, President Trump's budget pulls the rug out from so many who need help: those suffering from opioid and heroin addiction, people in nursing homes and their families who may now have to care for them, the elderly, the disabled, and children. This budget continues to reveal President Trump's true colors: His populist campaign rhetoric was just a Trojan horse to execute long-held, hard-right policies that benefit the ultra-wealthy at the expense of the middle class. This budget is taking the fast lane to rejection by the American people and both parties in Congress.