{"id":2595,"date":"2018-05-08T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/08\/trump-wants-to-cut-childrens-health-care-to-pay-for-tax-cuts-for-the-rich\/"},"modified":"2018-05-08T20:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:05:00","slug":"trump-wants-to-cut-childrens-health-care-to-pay-for-tax-cuts-for-the-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-wants-to-cut-childrens-health-care-to-pay-for-tax-cuts-for-the-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Wants To Cut Children\u2019s Health Care To Pay For Tax Cuts For The Rich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump wants to pay for massive tax breaks for the rich and big corporations by cutting funding dedicated to the &nbsp;Children&rsquo;s Health Insurance Program, and through cuts to other programs many middle-class families rely on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump and Republicans gave massive tax breaks to the wealthy and big corporations, which will add $1.8 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/apnews.com\/ca6ee069de98486082348ee08d771502&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525974727930000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQeNvaNmkzD86icWqAoGUrrToP4g\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/ca6ee069de98486082348ee08d771502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a>: &ldquo;The administration had promised the cuts would pay for themselves. Instead, Monday&rsquo;s report estimates that the GOP tax bill, which is Republican-controlled Washington&rsquo;s signature accomplishment under Trump,&nbsp;<strong>will add $1.8 trillion to the deficit over the coming decade<\/strong>, even after its positive effects on the economy are factored in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, Trump wants to offset a portion of the Trump tax by eliminating funding dedicated to health care and nutrition programs for children, student grants, Medicare and Medicaid programs, and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/05\/07\/trump-spending-cut-proposal-571569&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525974727930000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF9y84VrWhMjG275yzFdsvxQxRtvw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/05\/07\/trump-spending-cut-proposal-571569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>: &ldquo;Nearly half of the package,&nbsp;<strong>a whopping $7 billion, pulls from the Children&rsquo;s Health Insurance Program<\/strong>, which covers about 9 million low-income children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/05\/07\/trump-spending-cut-proposal-571569&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525974727930000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF9y84VrWhMjG275yzFdsvxQxRtvw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/05\/07\/trump-spending-cut-proposal-571569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>It would also cut $800 million from the Center for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Innovation<\/strong>, which was created under Obamacare.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-fiscal-republicans\/trump-proposes-15-billion-spending-cuts-targets-childrens-health-program-idUSKBN1I829L&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525974727930000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMkEtV0WyOc8d4jGGrqp9o-iCtYg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-fiscal-republicans\/trump-proposes-15-billion-spending-cuts-targets-childrens-health-program-idUSKBN1I829L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>: &ldquo;Most reductions were aimed at non-defense spending, including nearly&nbsp;<strong>$1.5 billion in child nutrition programs<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>$700 million in student grants<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>$2.2 billion in international disaster aid<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump planned to request further funding cuts to vital programs for working families that Democrats secured in the 2018 omnibus bill, including for opioid treatment and election security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-05-08\/trump-s-request-to-cancel-spending-has-shot-at-passing-congress&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525974727930000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbNzKbAR7W8TpzAWbpiIYQuU3njQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-05-08\/trump-s-request-to-cancel-spending-has-shot-at-passing-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg<\/a>: &ldquo;Mulvaney told lawmakers that&nbsp;<strong>the White House will send a separate request later in the year to cancel some funds from the $1.3 trillion 2018 omnibus spending bill<\/strong>, an idea that has met resistance from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2018\/03\/23\/three-things-we-learned-from-the-omnibus-spending-bill\/?utm_term%3D.cd364e8a2987&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525974727930000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE51MliplJlqDHSRUDZ11Bs1xiINg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2018\/03\/23\/three-things-we-learned-from-the-omnibus-spending-bill\/?utm_term=.cd364e8a2987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;For example, Republicans and Trump secured a marked increase in funding for the military, while&nbsp;<strong>Democrats locked down more spending for a variety of social programs, including Planned Parenthood, opioid addiction treatment and election security<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump wants to pay for massive tax breaks for the rich and big corporations by cutting funding dedicated to the &nbsp;Children&rsquo;s Health Insurance Program, and through cuts to other programs many middle-class families rely on. &nbsp; Trump and Republicans gave massive tax breaks to the wealthy and big corporations, which will add $1.8 trillion to <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Wants To Cut Children\u2019s Health Care To Pay For Tax Cuts For The Rich - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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