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Trump’s budget: 5 healthcare winners and 8 losers

March 20, 2017

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Under the President’s budget proposal released Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services would receive a 17.9 percent decrease in funding. It’s one of the largest departments in the government and slashing the budget is the lowest funding for the agency in about 20 years.

The sum excludes funding for Medicare and Medicaid insurance, which was noticeably absent from the budget description. Currently, this funding totals about $1 trillion. Head Start and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families were also absent from the budget, as was the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

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