Trump’s budget catastrophic for patients and their families

In response to the Trump administration’s proposed budget that would cut Medicaid spending nearly in half and $12.7 billion from the Department of Health and Human Services, Reproductive Health Advocacy Fellow Dr. Diane Horvath-Cosper at Physicians for Reproductive Health issued the following statement:

“My patients and their families will lose basic support services so that the wealthy can get tax breaks, and that is a shameful priority.”

“The President’s budget indicates the priorities and values of his administration, and this budget is a loud message that he wants to dismantle the services that keep millions of Americans healthy, fed, housed, and educated. Cuts of this magnitude will hurt everyone, but disproportionately harm low-income women and families, communities of color, LGBTQ individuals, immigrants, and religious minorities. It will be catastrophic to health care in our country—reducing access to vital care and services, cutting public health research funding, and gutting the Medicaid program. My patients and their families will lose basic support services so that the wealthy can get tax breaks, and that is a shameful priority.”