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via CBPP.

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• Trump Budget Shatters President’s Promise on Social Security, Medicaid.
  
• The President’s promise not to touch Social Security was officially revealed to be a sham today. Trump’s proposed 2018 budget slashes $64 billion from Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Some media outlets have let the President off the hook by saying the budget does not cut Social Security benefits.

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A School Included This Teen’s Service Dog In The Yearbook And It’s The Purest Thing

Did you miss Behind the Headlines this week?

We discussed:

• President Trump’s budget and it’s impact on seniors, Social Security Disability Insurance, and Medicaid.

• Medicare Advantage and it’s troubles in Florida.

• Mick Mulvaney and his attacks on SSDI.
  

You can watch it here.

Catch Behind the Headlines in 25 minutes where we’ll be discussing this week’s news on Facebook Live.

via Seniors Have A Lot To Lose If Trump’s Medicaid Budget Passes.

Related Reading:

• The President’s promise not to touch Social Security was officially revealed to be a sham.
  
• Trump’s proposed 2018 budget slashes $64 billion from Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Some media outlets have let the President off the hook by saying the budget does not cut Social Security benefits.

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PROMISES BROKEN:

• Trump 2018 Budget Literally Leaves Seniors in the Cold.

• Trump Budget Shatters President’s Promise on Social Security, Medicaid.

• Oh, yes: the Trump Budget Definitely Does Cut Meals on Wheels.
  
• Anyone looking at the actual numbers can plainly see that the Trump budget does, in fact, slash funding for Meals on Wheels. In addition to cutting Older Americans Act home-delivered meals by $1.5 million, the President’s budget eliminates the Community Services, Community Development and Social Services Block Grants, upon which some Meals on Wheels programs rely for funding.

It’s a bit hot outside today so we could go for one of these right about now.

NEW Poll: Public views the ACA more favorably than House plan to replace it.

via Kaiser Family Foundation.

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That is not a surprise to us.

• CBO Confirms: GOP Healthcare Bill is a Huge Setback for Older Americans.
  
• Twenty-three million people will lose health insurance in the next decade under the GOP’s American Health Care Act (AHCA) according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report.  The CBO analysis concludes that the House Republican plan benefits the young and healthy at the expense of older and sicker Americans. The report indicates that “near seniors” (aged 50-64) will be hit particularly hard by the GOP healthcare bill.
• A more in depth analysis of the CBO’s Estimate of the AHCA/Trumpcare can be found here.

micdotcom:

If passed, Trump’s budget and health care plan would cut medicaid funding nearly in half. An estimated 74 million Americans are currently covered through medicaid. One person who might be affected is Caroline Larson, who could lose her home if it goes through.

Of all the trial balloons that have been floated in Washington this spring, one in particular needs to be shot down before it gains altitude: eliminating the Social Security payroll tax and instead funding the program with general revenues. It is not clear how seriously this idea is being considered. But it is a terrible proposal that would end Social Security as we know it, which would hurt the 3 million Florida retirees who count on their benefits for a modicum of financial security.

via Palm Beach Post.

More on this issue can be found here.

The Trump administration has been attempting to spin its proposed $64 billion in cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance as somehow not cutting Social Security. Some in the media have parroted the White House line. “Trump’s Budget Slashes Spending, Leaves Social Security & Medicare Untouched,” declared a headline from Fox Business News. A CNN Money correspondent told Wolf Blitzer that Trump’s budget “doesn’t touch Social Security.”

News flash: Just because the Trump budget doesn’t cut retirement benefits doesn’t mean it leaves Social Security untouched. Social Security Disability Insurance is part of Social Security — period.

via The Hill.

More on this topic can be found here.