Trump budget seeks huge cuts to disease prevention and medical research departments

[PA Democrat]

Source: Washington Post

President Trump's 2018 budget request to Congress seeks massive cuts in spending on health programs, including medical research, disease prevention programs and health insurance for children of the working poor.

The National Cancer Institute would be hit with a $1 billion cut compared to its 2017 budget. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute would see a $575 million cut, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases would see a reduction of $838 million. The administration would cut the overall National Institutes of Health budget from $31.8 billion to $26 billion.

The full budget document is scheduled to be released Tuesday morning, but either by mistake or design, the administration posted the section dealing with the Department of Health and Human Services late Monday afternoon. The document was soon taken offline but can be read here.

“The only official version of the HHS budget will be released by the Office of Management and Budget at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. At that time, Budget Director [Mick] Mulvaney will hold a press briefing and address any questions," HHS national spokesperson Alleigh Marré wrote in an email to The Post.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/05/22/trump-budget-seeks-huge-cuts-to-disease-prevention-and-medical-research-departments/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-low_hhsbudget-6pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.fdaf88045ae3

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Trump's budget shows us EXACTLY who he is. The details of his proposed cuts are beyond sickening.

[MFM008]

1. His budget

Is DOA.
It will scare GOP senators...

[greymattermom]

2. There are lots of medical schools in red states

and the CDC is in Atlanta. Don't forget that.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Right to Life becomes The Grim Reaper

[videohead5]

4. It's Got to Get 60 Votes in The Senate

No Democrat will vote for this and I'm guessing a few Republicans will not either.

[sandensea]

7. I suspect Bitchy Mitchy will suspend the rules again.

Rethug donors are breathing down their necks to get this monstrosity passed, and I doubt McCocaine will let a silly thing like Senate rules impede him.

[not fooled]

5. Mulvaney is a teabagging crackpot asshole

who shouldn't be anywhere near policy formulation in the Federal government.

Just another ass shilling for the koch brothers and their ilk.

He will lie and say anything in order to facilitate stealing for his masters.

His role now is to start budget "negotiations" from a position of such extreme crackpottedness that the future version could look "good" by comparison, but only to the naive and gullible.

All of their proposals are vile.

[jmowreader]

6. How much of a cut does the budget seek for Donald Trump Golf Weekends?