US budget cuts will hit working class health

For the large majority of US working class families who rely on Medicaid, a government medical programme for low-income Americans, the current debt talks will not improve their situation or their health.

President Barack Obama says Medicaid is just one of the programmes that will face cuts as part of deal being made with Congress to reduce government spending and raise the country's $14.3 trillion debt limit.

He called it a "a tough package".

Kimberly Halkett reports from Washington.

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[wodrummerworld]

I'm disabled and been denied Medicaide, waiting years for the appeal of WRONG social security Admin. decision to deny SSDI. My mom is wondering if she is getting her Social security check in august. BECAUSE OF THIS PHONY WAR MONGERING GOVERNMENT. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

[AndrewMann552]

Welcome to Obama's America, save the rich and banks, slash programs for the people. What a fucking joke this system is.

[viewsonicplastic2222]

You are not allowed to have a coffee mug, no coffee, no sugar, nothing nothing, those are the new budget cuts....LOL that is so fucking hilarious to me, suck shit bitches

[russelgebb]

But the next time you walk past, you might notice that theres some ‘chinese’ or non english speaking tourist walking past buying expensive american perfume and taking it with them. That maybe a week later there will be a foreign choclate bar, and it will be very heavy. Sanity for a person of USA begins with realising that USA does not have a military. That the twin towers were millions of years old. Time barriers have been crossed.

[russelgebb]

Breeding must be stopped as everyone prepares for a very very long time for Gods heaven on earth. The USA is the heart of both South and North America. I love you USA, hang in there and just remember, those little foreign food shops bring the medicine. I can’t wait to go to USA when the chocolate bars are made from gold!

NEW compact cities must be built for reorganization. Arabia?

[AntiYouist]

IT IS ALSO ADVANTAGEOUS FOR A TYRANNY THAT ALL THOSE WHO ARE UNDER IT SHOULD BE OPPRESSED WITH POVERTY....AND THAT BEING EMPLOYED IN PROCURING THEIR DAILY BREAD, THEY MAY HAVE NO LEISURE TO CONSPIRE AGAINST TYRANTS --ARISTOTLE

[reddog216]

bend over and kiss your butt goodbye....he ho and hey

[yesyoumay]

@nativemrv19722 He has not given in yet. BUT it will take both tax increased AND cuts.

[yesyoumay]

The poor get more freebies, that they had no part in paying for, than any other group. They will have to take their cuts just like the elderly (who at least paid into Social Security)...something the poor never did with Welfare.

But along with all these cuts we need an INCREASED TAX on the richest 3 or 4%. Plus an increased estate tax. How many kids of rich people do you know that made something of their lives? These rich "trust funders" have much in common with the generational welfare suckers