Federal Government Proposes Healthcare Cuts

As of this writing, many cuts to healthcare spending are being proposed and expected. House Republicans expanded their list of cuts to government programs this year to $100 billion, and the House Appropriations Committee released its bill, which includes about $1.6 billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health and $1.3 billion in cuts to the nation’s community health centers. The bill also proposes cuts of about $923 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $482 million to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, $386 million to health professions and $174 million to the National Health Service Corps. Simultaneously, some House Republicans are working on an amendment to the budget resolution that would defund healthcare reform. The current resolution funding the government was set to expire March 4.