This Thursday, May 22, the House of Representatives from the United States approved the president’s budgetary project Donald Trump, which includes at least US $ 880 billionmainly to the federal program that helps cover medical costs for low -income people, Medicaid.
While Republicans of the House of Representatives insist that they are simply eliminating “Waste, fraud and abuse”To generate savings through new work and eligibility requirements, Democrats They warn that millions of people will lose coverage, including childrenpregnant women and seniors.
“Saving in this way allows us to use this bill to renew the tax cuts and comply with the promise Trump to middle -class working families, ”said the Republican representative Brett Guthriefrom Kentucky, who, as president of the Energy and Commerce Commissionhandle all medical care.
Likewise, the Democratic representatives denounced that the new cuts are “Very shameful”And essentially constitute another attempt to leave the law of health care at a low price, better known as Obamacarean American law that seeks to expand access to medical care and do it more reachable.
Medicaid cuts will affect the Latin community
According to the American television network TelemundoPresident Donald Trump’s new fiscal plan, which includes a massive reduction to the Medicaid program, “will seriously affect access to health” almost 28 million Latin Americans that are currently within the territory of the United States.
By 2025, the Latin American community in the United States represents more than 29% of all beneficiaries of Medicaid and the Children’s Medical Insurance Program (CHIPfor its acronym in English), which is administered by the Department of Health and offers funds to the states for the medical insurance of families with children.
“Millions of Latinos depend directly on these services to meet their health needs, and the impact will be especially serious for womensince in 2024 58% of births Among Latinas was covered by Medicaid, ”said Voto Latino, an organization that integrates thousands of young Latinos in the political process.
“One in four Latin American women in the United States depends on Medicaid for contraceptive and reproductive health. Cutting this program is a political decision that deepens the inequality And leave behind the Latin communities that already face Obstacles To access medical care, ”added the Latin organization.
However, although the Latin American community will be one of the most affected by the cutting of Medicaid, the Democratic representative Hakeem Jeffriesfrom New York, he publicly indicated that, “without a doubt”, millions of American citizens They will also lose their medical care coverage with this republican decision.
“The hospitals will close, the seniors They will not be able to access the attention they need and the premiums will increase for millions of people if this bill is approved. People would also have to verify their eligibility To be in the program twice a year, instead of only once, ”added the 54 -year -old politician and lawyer.
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