On Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump will present his first budget proposal. Recent reports have indicated that massive changes will be brought in, especially to Medicaid and anti-poverty programs that the former President, Barack Obama had implemented during his tenure as the President of United States.
President Donald Trump is all set to present his first budget proposal on Tuesday. According to reports from The Washington Post, President Trump will be making gigantic changes to the anti-poverty programs and the Medicaid that former President Barack Obama had incorporated during his tenure in office.
Under the state-federal Medicaid program, Americans who are in the low-income bracket are provided with health care facility. However, President Trump's budget plan will have a bill passed, according to which, over the next 10 years, a cut of $800 billion will be made. This Medicaid cut is likely to affect 10 million people in the United States, Market Watch noted. Coming to the anti-poverty programs, President Trump wants the states to impose work requirements which will have the "people off welfare and back into the workforce" as he had said shortly after being sworn in as the President of the US.
It is worth mentioning here that President Trump is aiming to cut the Medicaid in spite of a number of Senate Republicans suggesting the opposite and proposing to continue with the expansion of the Affordable Care Act that was brought in by President Barack Obama. Notably, these budget proposals that President Trump will be proposing will be the central features of his budget plan along with the changes that he aims to bring into taxes and also the government's spending.
However, before any of the proposed changes are enacted into law, the Congress will have to approve the proposal put forth by President Donald Trump.
