Budget

Jul 11 | Speakers will discuss some of the impacts of the new budget and spending bill, including long-term effects on American health, the environment, and the national deficit, which is expected to rise by $3 trillion over the next decade. 

Trump's big budget bill is expected to leave 12 million people without healthcare, while undermining the finances of rural hospitals, community health clinics, and nursing homes.

Critics have derided the budget bill for stripping $1 trillion from Medicaid and $189 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Critics of the Senate budget bill say it reverses decades of progress on healthcare and health equity.