American Public Health Association Commends Senate Passage of Budget Amendment to Protect Medicaid From Proposed Cuts
Posted on: Thursday, 17 March 2005, 18:00 CST
WASHINGTON, March 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -b Following is a statement from Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, executive director, American Public Health Association, on the Senate passage of the budget amendment to protect Medicaid from proposed cuts:
bWe commend the Senate today for taking the courageous stand in passing an amendment to protect the health of our nationbs most vulnerable citizens. The amendment, introduced by Sens. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), negates proposed cuts to the Medicaid program and creates a process to more thoughtfully approach Medicaid reform.
bMedicaid provides invaluable security for more than 50 million Americans, giving them access to primary and preventive health services they would otherwise be denied.
bWe agree that there are ways the Medicaid program may be improved, but we should not sacrifice Americansb access to health care and risk the lives of millions for the sake of federal savings. We believe that good policy should drive budget decisions, not the other way around.b
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The American Public Health Association, the oldest organization of public health professionals, represents more than 50,000 members from over 50 public health occupations. More information is available at http://www.apha.org.
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