Editorials & Other Articles

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On the Chopping block - unbelievable
Prevention Public Health Fund - funds vaccination activities, preventive healthcare initiatives
https://www.hhs.gov/open/prevention/index.html



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1. REPEAL MAJOR BIDEN HEALTH RULES ($420B) nonspecified

2. STRENGTHEN MEDICARE FOR SENIORS ($479B)
o Site Neutral – $146B
o Uncompensated Care – $229B
o Bad Debt – $42B
o BCA Mandatory Sequester Extension - $62B

3. MAKING MEDICAID WORK FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE ($2.3T)
o Per Capita Caps - up to $918B
o Equalize Medicaid Payments for Able Bodied Adults - up to $690Bo Limit Medicaid Provider Taxes - $175B
o Lower FMAP Floor - $387B
o Special FMAP Treatment for DC – $8B
o Repeal American Rescue Plan FMAP Incentive – $18B
o Medicaid Work Requirements - $120B

4. REIMAGINING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA) ($151B)
o Recapture Excess Premium Tax Credit – $46B
o Limit Health Program Eligibility Based on Citizenship Status
- $35Bo Repeal the Prevention Public Health Fund – $15B
o Appropriate Cost Sharing Reductions - $55B

5. ENDING CRADLE-TO-GRAVE DEPENDENCE ($347B)
o Reinstate the Trump-era Public Charge Rule -- $15B
o Reduce TANF by 10 Percent – $15B
o Eliminate the TANF Contingency Fund -- $6B
o Reform the Thrifty Food Plan -- up to $274B
o Eliminate the Social Services Block Grant – $15B
o SNAP Reforms – $22B

REVERSING BIDEN CLIMATE POLICIES ($468B)
o Discontinue the Green New Deal Provisions in the 2021 Infrastructure Bill – $300Bo Repeal EV Mandate – $112B
o Repeal IRA green energy grant s– $56B

7. OTHER: ($917B-$1T)
o End the Student Loan Bailout – $200-330B
o Rescind all Unspent COVID Money – $11B
o Auction Spectrum – $60 billion
o Repeal Orderly Liquidation Authority – $22 billion
o Increase FERS Contributions – $45 billion
o Other federal employee benefit reforms – $32 billion
o Restrict emergency spending to recent average—$500B
o Eliminate the TSP G Fund Subsidy – $47B

8. POTENTIAL TAX OFFSETS: ($227-$527B)
o Green energy tax credits – $200 - $500B, depending on political viability
o SSN CTC Requirement – $27B