Senate budget resolution approves $ 14B without Medicaid cuts
House approves budget plan separate $ 20B in spending cuts for Medicaid. The Senate voted 52-48 Thursday to remove a change of $ 14 billion in Medicaid cuts proposed Senate resolution on the fiscal budget for 2006, and instead of a commission to study and recommend any changes to the program, The Washington Post reports approved . Republican Senators, Gordon Smith (Oregon), changes in copyright, Lincoln Chafee (RI), Norm Coleman (Minnesota), Susan Collins (Maine), Mike DeWine (Ohio) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) and Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania) And all 45 Senate Democrats voted for the amendment. Senators also approved amendments to add $ 2 billion spending on health research and $ 500 million for HIV / AIDS efforts around the world. The Senate approved the budget resolution with a
full vote of 51 to 49 (Weisman, Washington Post, 3 / 18).Medicaid change impact on the budget resolution approved last week by the Senate Budget Committee 32000000000 $ in cuts over five years for mandatory spending programs, including Medicaid, which would have been similar to cuts proposed by President Bush had requested. Plan in its fiscal year 2006, Bush proposed revisions to Medicaid that he believes $ 60 billion over 10 years and would save $ 14 billion over five years. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the plan would be to Bushs Medicaid expenditures 9000000000 $ over five years.According to the original proposal of the Senate, the Senate Finance Committee, which has authority over Medicare and Medicaid, which has been ordered to find cuts in Medicaid(Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, 3 / 11). Before senators approved an amendment to prevent cuts to Medicaid, Senate Majority Bill Frist, leader (R-Tenn.) had proposed an amendment is not binding, were handed a savings of $ 14 billion in cuts to Medicaid States and would have prevented the loss of coverage for beneficiaries.However, this change proposed by the Senate on a 51-49 vote (Rogers, Wall Street Journal, 18.03).
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