A two-week stopgap resolution proposed by House Republicans to avert a federal shutdown includes $466 million in HHS cuts but avoids defunding healthcare reform or reducing Medicare or Medicaid outlays, according to a report by the Hill.
Without the stopgap, the federal government would shut down on March 4 because Congress and President Obama show no signs of agreeing on a long-term spending bill. A long-term spending bill passed by the House is loaded with provisions to defund reform and other cuts that are anathema to the Democrat-controlled Senate and the president.
The stopgap, which would cut a total of $4.01 billion from federal spending to pay for two weeks of running the federal government, was released Friday by the House Appropriations Committee.
Cuts for HHS in the stopgap include $397 million from Health Resources and Services Administration, $21 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $21 million from Children and Families Services program $15 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, $6 million from the Administration on Aging, $3 million from program management at CMS and $1 million from Child Care Development Block Grants.
Read the Hill report on HHS cuts.
Read the House Appropriations Committee release on the proposed cuts.
Read more coverage of attempts to defund healthcare reform:
- House Measures to Defund Reform Could Cause Government Shutdown
- Republicans Plan to Withhold Healthcare Reform Funding
- President, GOP Set to Battle Over Appropriations for Reform Law
Without the stopgap, the federal government would shut down on March 4 because Congress and President Obama show no signs of agreeing on a long-term spending bill. A long-term spending bill passed by the House is loaded with provisions to defund reform and other cuts that are anathema to the Democrat-controlled Senate and the president.
The stopgap, which would cut a total of $4.01 billion from federal spending to pay for two weeks of running the federal government, was released Friday by the House Appropriations Committee.
Cuts for HHS in the stopgap include $397 million from Health Resources and Services Administration, $21 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $21 million from Children and Families Services program $15 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, $6 million from the Administration on Aging, $3 million from program management at CMS and $1 million from Child Care Development Block Grants.
Read the Hill report on HHS cuts.
Read the House Appropriations Committee release on the proposed cuts.
Read more coverage of attempts to defund healthcare reform:
- House Measures to Defund Reform Could Cause Government Shutdown
- Republicans Plan to Withhold Healthcare Reform Funding
- President, GOP Set to Battle Over Appropriations for Reform Law