Report: Up to 44M more uninsured under GOP budget

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Report: Up to 44M more uninsured under GOP budget
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press © 2011 The Associated Press
May 10, 2011, 5:02PM

WASHINGTON — The House Republican budget would leave up to 44 million more low-income people uninsured as the federal government cuts states' Medicaid funding by about one-third over the next 10 years, nonpartisan groups said in a report issued Tuesday.

The analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Urban Institute concluded that Medicaid's role as the nation's safety net health care program would be "significantly compromised ... with no obvious alternative to take its place," if the GOP budget is adopted.

The plan passed by House Republicans last month on a party-line vote calls for sweeping health care changes, potentially even more significant than President Barack Obama's insurance overhaul. So far, most of the attention has gone to the Republican proposal to convert Medicare into a voucher-like system for future retirees. But Medicaid would also be transformed.

The Republican budget has no chance of passing the Democratic-led Senate, or being signed into law by Obama. But individual components could advance as part of debt reduction talks between Vice President Joe Biden and congressional leaders.



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[Iliyah]

1. Do the gopers

care, seriously. It's all about making themselves richer.