This upsets me profoundly. It's hard enough as is to get my special needs child what he needs, cut funds and you may as well kill him right fucking now. Fuck being upset. I'm in a red rage
President Donald Trump released a $4.75 trillion plan Monday to fund the federal government for the next fiscal year. The proposal features broad cuts to domestic spending, an increase in funding for defense and money for a wall along the border with Mexico.
Within the budget request is a plan to “give states additional flexibility over their Medicaid programs” through per capita cap or block grant systems.
Essentially, rather than send matching grants to states to cover whatever services are provided to beneficiaries no matter the cost, Trump’s plan would see the federal government provide a fixed amount of money to states each year for Medicaid services.
The approach has been pushed by Republicans several times in recent years as a way to rein in spending on the entitlement program. It is broadly opposed by disability advocates who say that limiting federal spending would squeeze states and jeopardize their ability to fund services that people with developmental disabilities rely on.
In a statement this week, The Arc said Trump’s budget request “would put the lives of people with disabilities at risk.”
“The proposal includes deep cuts to Medicaid, the core program providing access to health care and home and community-based services for people with disabilities,” the group said.