Friday, March 23, 2012

Editorial: The Ryan budget won't pass, but it will have blood

Editorial: The Ryan budget won't pass, but it will have blood

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Republican candidates, particularly those in tight races, must know that by voting for the Ryan budget, they are signing on to a document that could bloody them. It would:
Repeal health care reform and again make it legal for insurance companies to deny coverage to children with preexisting conditions, rescind coverage when people get sick and place absurdly low limits of how much lifetime coverage people can get. Women again would face higher insurance premiums than men.
Renege on the promise of secure insurance coverage for America's elderly; Medicare coverage would get more expensive and all but the wealthiest recipients almost certainly would find themselves priced out of the private market — at the time of their lives when they need coverage the most.
Cut spending for children's health insurance in half.
Cut funds for Pell grants, putting higher education farther out of reach for middle- and lower-income students.
Reduce 2 million slots in Head Start programs over the next decade.
Cut programs for clean energy by 19 percent while continuing $40 billion worth of tax breaks for big oil companies in the next decade.
Cut $1.2 trillion over 10 years from non-health mandatory programs. What's that mean? Fewer food stamps. Fewer Medicaid payments for the disabled and elderly poor. Cuts in the school lunch program. Cuts in unemployment insurance.

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