For States, Trump Budget Represents a Massive Cost Shift
(WorldNews Politics)

President Trump`s budget would shift massive new costs to states by cutting federal funding for health care, food assistance, and many other areas. States can`t afford to assume these costs without raising taxes significantly so, instead, they`d very likely cut many key investments and public services. Specifically, the Trump budget slashes: Medicaid. The budget embraces the House Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which the Congressional Budget Office estimates would cut federal Medicaid spending by over $800 billion over ten years by effectively ending the ACA`s Medicaid expansion, converting Medicaid to a per capita cap or block grant, and providing insufficient...