Medical organizations destroy the Budget Act of the Senate after the aftermath of the narrow passage on Tuesday, warning about the dystopian health care system that will result from the $ 1.1 trillion of cutbacks on Medicaid and other federal health programs such as this in the law. The bill was sent back to the parliament for a vote on the changes of the Senate.
In the weekend, an analysis of the Congressional Budget Office estimated that 11.8 million people would lose their health insurance in the coming decade due to the cutbacks on Medicaid and other programs. Those cuts, which are deeper than the bill of the house, were maintained in the final version of the Senate account after amendments, with few concessions.
Organizations that represent doctors, pediatricians, medical schools and hospitals were quickly emphasized that the damage that the proposal could cause.
The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Susan Kressly, has released a grim statement stating that the legislation will “harm the health of children, families and communities.” The cutbacks on Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will mean that “many children do not have healthy food to eat. If they are sick, they have no health insurance to cover their medical accounts – which means that some children simply abandon essential health care.” And the cutbacks are so deep that they will also have “devastating consequences that extend much further than those who trust the program,” Kressly added.